in a middle of a room - A poem by e.e. cummings

e.e. cummings - in a middle of a room

in a middle of a room
stands a suicide
sniffing a Paper rose
smiling to a self

"somewhere it is Spring and sometimes
people are in real:imagine
somewhere real flowers,but
I can't imagine real flowers for if I

could,they would somehow
not Be real"
(so he smiles
smiling)"but I will not

everywhere be real to
you in a moment"
The is blond
with small hands

"& everything is easier
than I had guessed everything would
be;even remembering the way who
looked at whom first,anyhow dancing"

(a moon swims out of a cloud
a clock strikes midnight
a finger pulls a trigger
a bird flies into a mirror)

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Poet: e.e. cummings Poem: in a middle of a room Comment 5 of 5, added on January 27th, 2008 at 1:34 PM. No The refers to the man committing suicide. Like in many other cummings poems he uses a simple word to name his character. For example in his poem "anyone lived in a pretty how town" he names his characters anyone and noone. The is actually the person in the poem. This shows there isn't much left of this man, he has been so completely broken down by life that his name is only the word The. Hannah from United States Comment 4 of 5, added on March 4th, 2007 at 2:16 AM. The last stanza is the greatest use of imagery i have ever seen. madi from United States Comment 3 of 5, added on December 19th, 2005 at 10:03 AM. in line 15, "the" is blond with small hands doesnt refer to the bird. the sentance is missing the noun that would be for the suicide, thus saying he had already died and doesn't exist lizz from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, in a middle of a room, has received 5 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: in a middle of a room Last read: Jul 19 2008, 11:04PM Viewed 20102 times. Added on December 19th, 2005 at 10:03 AM.

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