somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond - A poem by e.e. cummings

e.e. cummings - somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond

somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond
any experience,your eyes have their silence:
in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me,
or which i cannot touch because they are too near

your slightest look will easily unclose me
though i have closed myself as fingers,
you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens
(touching skilfully,mysteriously)her first rose

or if your wish be to close me, i and
my life will shut very beautifully ,suddenly,
as when the heart of this flower imagines
the snow carefully everywhere descending;
nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals
the power of your intense fragility:whose texture
compels me with the color of its countries,
rendering death and forever with each breathing

(i do not know what it is about you that closes
and opens;only something in me understands
the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses)
nobody,not even the rain,has such small hands

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Poet: e.e. cummings Poem: somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond Poem of the Day: Dec 7 2000 Comment 121 of 121, added on May 7th, 2009 at 12:38 AM. "Somewhere I Have Never Travelled, Gladly Beyond" In this poem written by E.E Cummings he addresses a woman whom he explains a tone of imagery so that the ready can imagine how in love he was with this women. In his poem he doesn't use correct grammar or punctuation, but uses symbolism to show or put forth his growing love for this certain person. Sahar Saghafi from United States Comment 120 of 121, added on May 6th, 2009 at 1:24 AM. somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond e.e cummings was obviously in love when he wrote somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond. Like many of his poems, no capitals were present and no specific rhythm is visible. Much of his work is freestyle, but in anyone lived in a pretty how town, another poem by cummings, rhyme is visible, and structure. This poem is filled with metaphors, to describe his loved one. The metaphors are very experimental, just like most of cummings work. Magali Palma from United States Comment 119 of 121, added on May 4th, 2009 at 10:16 PM. Somewhere I have never Traveled, Gladly Beyond Somewhere I have never Traveled, Gladly Beyond was written by E. E. Cummings in 1931. This poem was one of the few poems that Cummings wrote that most of his harsh critics claim that it is a classic. Cummings used his marriage with his wife Anne Barton to write about man in love with a woman. Cummings also used deep imagery to help draw his readers, who back then were in the Great Depression, feel his powerful love. Sadly Barton and Cummings did divorce a year after the poem was released. E. E. Cummings did not title this classic poem much like how Emily Dickinson never titled hers. The differences between Dickinson and Cummings are that Dickinson was more serious about her grammar and punctuation while Cummings is very loose, and that Dickinson never planned for the world to read her poems. Either way, Cummings has made a mark in the Great Depression with Somewhere I have never traveled, Gladly Beyond. Phelps, Riley More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond, has received 121 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: somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond Last read: Jul 4 2009, 1:17AM Poem of the Day: Dec 7 2000 Viewed 99715 times. Added on May 4th, 2009 at 10:16 PM.

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