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miracle and win the game for his hometown Mudville. On the flipside, once Casey struck out I would cue the sound effect of a sad trombone, and leave everyone with pure disappointment. “But there is no joy in Mudville: Mighty Casey has struck out.” (Thayer Line #52) That quote from the poem “Casey at the Bat” would be the final line of the movie while the sad trombone played in the background. Clearly, the simple use of music or sound can be quite effective in the perception of

Walt Whitman’s “I celebrate myself, and sing myself” and Edward Estlin Cummings’s “next to of course god america I” focus on war and loyalty. It states that democracy needs to consist of entities equally, or it will fail. According to an online article, “"Song of Myself" might be the most egotistical poem ever written: it's all about me, myself, and I. In the first line, American poet Walt Whitman kindly informs us that he is going to celebrate himself, and throughout 52 glorious sections, he does

e.e. Cummings: The 20th Century’s Most Idiosyncratic Poet By: Sara Gilmore Poet Research Paper March 9, 2013 Mrs. Evans Although he was also a painter, he was mostly known for being a “painter with words.” Born into one of Boston’s most influential families, Edward Estlin Cummings’ (later known as e.e. Cummings) iconoclastic poetry acquired much attention from 20th century society. Encompassing over a total of 2,900 poems, four plays, essays, and two autobiographical novels, Cummings’ work is

receive both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees (“E. E. Cummings”). Perhaps some of the most inspiring poets to Cummings, Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pounds, were authors he met at Harvard. As far as family life goes, in 1919 he had an affair with Elaine Thayer, who happened to be the wife of a close friend of his. Later that year they had a child, Nancy, and once Elaine was divorced, they married in 1924. The marriage only lasted one year. Because Nancy’s birth was due to an affair, she was not aware that

Edward Estlin Cummings, better known as E.E. Cummings, was a well known American poet who lived between October 14, 1894 and September 3, 1962. His long career spanned all the way from 1904, when he was ten years old, up to his death in 1962. At the time of his death, Cummings was the second most widely read poet in the United States, after Robert Frost. His countless contributions to American poetry as well as his immense influence on American poetry is evident to this very day. E.E. Cummings was

Casey at the Bat is a well-known poem, written by Ernest Thayer, about baseball. The plot of the story is that the Mudville baseball team is down, 2-4, with two outs, late in the ninth. Two of the worst batters get on base, then their best batter, Casey, steps up to bat. Ultimately, Casey strikes out, and Mudville loses. Many people that haven’t read this poem before expect a drastically different ending. What would this kind of ending be called? The ending of this story in particular would be called

“9” by E.E. Cummings Edward Estlin Cummings was a unique poet with an equally unique writing style. E.E. Cummings was born on October 14th, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1916, Cummings graduated with a master’s degree from Harvard University. During his studies, he was subject to many great writers such as Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound. After working for five months as a volunteer ambulance driver in World War I, he was captured by French authorities. He was accused on accounts of espionage

the tone, mood, and theme of the poem. Aside from Cummings’ busy life activities he was able to fit in an extremely demanding love life. He moved from France back to America to pursue an affair with Elaine Thayer. Elaine was the wife of Cummings’ good friend and mentor, Scofield Thayer; however, she became Cummings’ first wife. Their marriage was short lived as she ended up leaving Cummings for yet another man to marry. Anne Barton was Cummings’ second wife, but

Visual Effects Created By E.E. Cummings In His Poetry Edward Estlin Cummings, commonly referred to as E. E. Cummings, was born on October 14, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was a source of vast knowledge and was responsible for many creative works other than his poetry, such as novels, plays, and paintings. He published his first book of poetry Tulips and Chimneys in 1923. Many of his poems are known for the visual effects they create through his unusual placement of words on the page

“Moo Woo” Have you ever wanted to read an actual thrilling poem? Well E.E Cummings is your guy. E.E Cummings’s real name is Edward Estlin Cummings, He was born in 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, He studied and started his career at Harvard University. E.E Cummings goes as far as using Visual Techniques and Sound Techniques to write amazing meaningful poems. Having no one to believe in him. He started offering money to people to publish his books. Later on, he demonstrated everybody wrong and now