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e.e. cummings - i shall imagine life

i shall imagine life
is not worth dying,if
(and when)roses complain
their beauties are in vain

but though mankind persuades
itself that every weed's
a rose,roses(you feel
certain)will only smile

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Poet: e.e. cummings
Poem: i shall imagine life
Poem of the Day: Sep 20 2002

Comment 3 of 3, added on January 8th, 2007 at 5:33 PM.

This poem is soo good. I have not read much or any of
e. e. cummings but I will deff. do so now.

Daniel Rumsey from United States
Comment 2 of 3, added on May 15th, 2005 at 5:48 AM.

LIfe`s not worth dying, life is worth living, the same old carpe diem, and what a joy life is.
Known and used theme of the splendour of the rose and its too soon death.

or the pessimistic approach...

When something is good and beautiful, you say "itīs worth dying for". Life not being worth dying for, could then be interpreted as a pessimistic view of life.

Still, e.e. cummings loves life, and the moment, and the remembrence, and the yes..., so I stick to the first interpretation.

liana pehrsson-berindei from Denmark
Comment 1 of 3, added on March 24th, 2005 at 1:47 PM.

This Poem I find gives me inspiration on every day I live and the day I just might die,As everything lives by night or by day,I thrive inside just to know that I cannot lie. Thank- you for this inspiration
- Tia

Tia from United States

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