Relating to EE Cummings Poetry :: Biography Biographies Essays

Relating to EE Cummings Poetry Its not necessarily user-friendly to read. And its probably harder to understand. But the poetry of ee cummings has made a nitch in our society of innovative minds and experimental art that we cannot argue. Whether we like it, despise it, or throw it down in frustration, we have to appreciate the limen this poet has opened for so many generations of writers and stylists. We picked my sweet old etcetera because if was the simplist poems to understand, and theres a lot we could say about it (and we each had a 750 word responce subject ahead of us to think about.) my sweet old etcetera begins by describing the folks back home and their conversations of love-it- all in all nothingness. He describes how they share their clean-handed opinions about a war they know very little about. He uses the word etcetera throughout the poem as some plurality today use the phrase blah blah blah to sign the ends of their sentences. Come on, you know you say it. I know I do all the time...my story is going to be about chasing dreams, and hopefulness, da da da da da. This poem discribes how hypocritical we all are. How we can mouth about something thats happening a million miles away as if we know all, when we really cant possibly know anything about it. After reading it everyplace and over again, I find that I can relate to this poem in one way. Last year, I had my first taste of creation away from home. Back home, everyone was so proud of what I had accomplished--going so farthermost away to follow my dreams. They knew without a doubt that I was going to be successful. They knew without a doubt that I was happy, that I was driven. They said so all the time. But what they didnt talk about were my everyday mistakes and misfortunes. They didnt mention that I no longer took center stage--that I rarely ever performed in town. they seems to function over that awful semester of sociology and my first heartbreaks away f rom home. They didnt talk about it because in the long run, they knew all of that didnt matter.