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    Edward Estlin Cummings was an unbelievable great American poet—one of the most well-versed scholar in the subject of poetry. E. E. Cummings was excessively popular, especially among younger readers of his work. He was known for being reckless in thought when it came to his poetry, it was also said that he “experimented radically” with his form of spelling, syntax, punctuation, and miss spelling. More than half of his poems turn to the subjects of sex, love, and war, with such facile language leaving

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    Cummings' casual and vernacular punctuation and repetition in "[anyone lived in a pretty town]" narrows the gap between himself and the readers by conveying his message more authentically. He applied plenty of parentheses into his poem and relies heavily on enjambment while two complete sentences and seven parentheses appeared. Authors often use parentheses to make comment and emphasize a point, so in Cummings' casual, he adds a large amount of comments to his content. As an illustration, he writes

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    Edward Estlin’s life began on the 14th of October in 1984 in Cambridge, Massachusetts to well-educated and liberal parents, and Rebecca Haswell Clark. The biggest influence that Cummings had as a child was from his mother, who always encouraged him to write poetry and she helped ingrain into him a love for literature too. Cummings went to Harvard Later after graduating from Harvard he volunteered to serve in France in the Norton-Harjes Ambulance group where he was later imprisoned for suspicion of treason

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    Amidst the chaos and disparity of the great depression, there was one man who brought hope and happiness to British Columbia in the form of recreation. Jan Eisenhardt, also known as Ian Eisenhardt, has been touted as “a national hero and treasure” (as cited in Markham-Starr & Delamere, 2005, para. 2) for his contributions to recreation in Canada and abroad. He was born in 1906 in Denmark and relocated to Vancouver, Canada in 1928. Eisenhardt began his career in recreation as a playground attendant

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    E.D. Hirsch, also known as Eric Donald Hirsch was born on March 22, 1928. He is an American educator and academic literary critic. Hirsch graduated in 1950, from Cornell University with his Bachelors. Then, he later earned his Doctorate from Yale University in 1957. He taught at Yale for about ten years before he accepted a professorship at the University of Virginia in the year 1966. During his early works of writing, he focused on the interpretation of literature and argues that a textual interpretation

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    Before winning awards and gaining the reputation of being a great poet, Robert Frost struggled early in his life. Before taking his family to England to start a new life in 1912, Frost’s life was highlighted by “variety of different jobs” (727), inconsistent attendance at college, and the attempt to run a farm. He also lost his father at a young age and two of Frost’s children either died or had a mental collapse. However, after his move to England and the publication of his second book, North of

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    In the poem Anyone Lived in a Pretty how Town E. E. Cummings plays with jumbled syntax, a seemingly random rhyme scheme, and the paradox of non-identical repetition to convey his message about the ordinariness of daily life, the passing of time, and the inclusive anonymity of people we encounter in our lives. Anyone Lived in a Pretty how Town describes the daily lives of the people who live in a certain, nameless town. The town is not named and neither are any of the townspeople, other than to give

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    “Anyone lived in a pretty how town” is a short poem written by Estlin Cumming that was published in 1940. Throughout the poem, the author creates feelings that are designed to inspire and influence the reader to have a greater appreciation for the natural and everyday processes of life. This is best understood through analyzing the specific words and complex phrases that were written to convey this central theme of life and death. Anyone, the main character, is developed to be a representation of

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    I carry your heart with me – ee cummings Edward Estlin Cummings was born on the 14th of October 1894. He was an American poet, painter, essayist, author and playwright. He is known to have approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiography novels, four plays, several essays as well as paintings and drawings. I admire his work and im definitely a hopeless romantic at heart and that is why I have chosen to do the poem, “I carry your heart with me” The poem starts off with the lines “I carry your heart with

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    town,” a ballad by E. E. Cummings, was first published in 1940. Cummings is commonly associated with his peculiar ideas about punctuation; he lacked punctuation and structure frequently. Being one of the best known poets of all time, Cummings creates a language that is relatable to just about anyone. I think this poem is about a small community where everyone is concerned with his or her own actions, never caring about neighbors or other members of the community. Cummings does not clarify the names

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