anyone lived in a pretty how town - A poem by e.e. cummings

e.e. cummings - anyone lived in a pretty how town

anyone lived in a pretty how town
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn't he danced his did

Women and men(both little and small)
cared for anyone not at all
they sowed their isn't they reaped their same
sun moon stars rain

children guessed(but only a few
and down they forgot as up they grew
autumn winter spring summer)
that noone loved him more by more

when by now and tree by leaf
she laughed his joy she cried his grief
bird by snow and stir by still
anyone's any was all to her

someones married their everyones
laughed their cryings and did their dance
(sleep wake hope and then)they
said their nevers they slept their dream

stars rain sun moon
(and only the snow can begin to explain
how children are apt to forget to remember
with up so floating many bells down)

one day anyone died i guess
(and noone stooped to kiss his face)
busy folk buried them side by side
little by little and was by was

all by all and deep by deep
and more by more they dream their sleep
noone and anyone earth by april
wish by spirit and if by yes.

Women and men(both dong and ding)
summer autumn winter spring
reaped their sowing and went their came
sun moon stars rain

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Poet: e.e. cummings (e.e. cummings Art) Poem: anyone lived in a pretty how town Poem of the Day: Oct 27 2000 Comment 173 of 173, added on January 20th, 2010 at 12:36 AM. simple 2 understand. anyone is a character that is very happy and lives in a town where people h8 him b/c they are so happy and noone is a character tht is also happy and falls in love with him. the seasons represent a year and the moon and sun part represents a day samji from Azerbaijan Comment 172 of 173, added on May 7th, 2009 at 1:25 AM. e.e cummings was known for never using capital letters or punctuation in any of his poems, something that the literary world has come to know as breaking the rules to traditional poetry. In "anyone lived in a pretty how town" he uses the four seasons as time passing by, as well as the addition of the bell. Cummings writes "Women and men (both dong and ding)" not only to show the effect of a bell ringing, meaning time passing by, but also because of a self experience and having his first marriage only lasting less than a year. Nacho Collazo from United States Comment 171 of 173, added on May 7th, 2009 at 12:27 AM. Anyone lived in a pretty how town by e.e. cummings in a poem about life and love. It is structured so that it almost as a bouncy rhythm to it due to the rhyme pattern. With a style that makes you have to reread it a couple times to understand because its worded so differently then most everything you read, and the grammar just makes you tongue twist and you mouth stutter. Jonathan Cravens from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, anyone lived in a pretty how town, has received 173 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by e.e. cummings with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: e.e. cummings Poem: anyone lived in a pretty how town Last read: Feb 10 2010, 3:51AM Poem of the Day: Oct 27 2000 Viewed 141073 times. Added on May 7th, 2009 at 12:27 AM.

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