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Comment 3 of 23, added on January 12th, 2005 at 12:48 PM.
in this poem ee shows us that dying is different to death. he paints the
image in our minds that death is a legal crime but dying is normal and not
a crime.this is hard to understand but after you have read through it a few
times it becomes clear.
suzi from Pakistan
Comment 2 of 23, added on September 21st, 2004 at 1:16 PM.
My dear wife of 42 years, Jean, passed away earlier this month. In a eulogy
written by my brother Edward, he refers to this being my favorite ee
cummings poem. My brother says, "cummings was right. Her spirit merely made
its transition."
Arlin
Comment 1 of 23, added on September 19th, 2004 at 9:32 PM.
Notice the difference between the present participle "dying" and the common
noun "Death." ee displays his tolerance for life with the use of the
participle and his distance from life with the
'scientific" Death. The poem takes on a prayer form at the end - a common
ee device where he brings together contrary topics into a magical, yet
logical phrase that does his thematic and rhetorical bidding
T. Anstett from United States
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in this poem ee shows us that dying is different to death. he paints the
image in our minds that death is a legal crime but dying is normal and not
a crime.this is hard to understand but after you have read through it a few
times it becomes clear.
suzi from Pakistan