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Comment 6 of 6, added on March 13th, 2008 at 10:44 PM.
this poem was acctually written for cummings' father after he passed away
in a car accident, so if you didnt know that, it helps to truly understand
the poem.
sarah from United States
Comment 5 of 6, added on May 11th, 2007 at 9:49 PM.
I have read a book by my favorite author Mary Downing Hahn and she used
this poem...she uesd it in a very good way to discribe what had happend to
a charcter.
Jane from United States
Comment 4 of 6, added on April 10th, 2007 at 6:35 AM.
While it is wonderful for people to associate their own fathers with the
imagery in this poem, it seems to me that cummings likely intended a more
deistic interpretation. Many elements (including the multiple creation
metaphors and the capitalization in the final stanza of the word "Father")
suggest that, more than an ode to a mortal father, this is a hymn about an
eternally existent universal Father breathing redemption and reconciliation
into the world.
Lindsey from United States
Comment 3 of 6, added on July 26th, 2005 at 5:03 PM.
i have just finished reading 'tuesdays with morrie'written by Mitch Albom.
This poem was quoted in the book, so I looked it up to read the whole
thing.I feel it is my father too, who is no longer with me. I loved it.
DAwn from United Kingdom
Comment 2 of 6, added on May 4th, 2005 at 11:06 AM.
The poem develops a tension through the use of contrasts. Doom (judgement)
and love which is nonjudgmental are set over agains one another to suggest
a reality that is between the two. "A heart to fear, to doubt a mind"
suggests a dichotomy on which either side is unpleasant. But having used a
dynamic tension throughout the poem, cummings resolves the matter with the
final line "love is the whole and more than all."
Jerome Boyle from United States
Comment 1 of 6, added on November 10th, 2004 at 12:06 AM.
If my children were to write anything as wonderful in my regard,I would
have lived a worthy life.
Jeff from United States
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this poem was acctually written for cummings' father after he passed away
in a car accident, so if you didnt know that, it helps to truly understand
the poem.
sarah from United States