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Poet: e.e. cummings (e.e. cummings Art)
Poem: (Me up at does)
Poem of the Day:
Mar 6 2005
Comment 30 of 30, added on March 10th, 2009 at 10:16 AM.
e.e. cummings loved playing with words. I find many of his works such as "Me up at does" brilliant,playful, and at times excoriating of human beings and our society. What I like best about this work is the way cummings carefully chooses each word and builds each line to produce the maximum effect. One can see the vertical distance, the separation between the narrator and the poisoned mouse by the structure of the lines. One can see the tiny dying mouse staring up at the giant human, asking the question "What have I done you would not have?" I love the use of the word still which means both "not moving" and "even now".
william jackson from United States
Comment 29 of 30, added on February 12th, 2007 at 5:21 PM.
this gives a clear indication of the complete pattern of thought that e.e. cummings had. to me this showed a hold of the full days of experience in a short moment of time. and also of the competition that took place during some of the stages of any particlar day.
roger from United States
Comment 28 of 30, added on April 27th, 2006 at 12:22 PM.
never have i read something so boring in my life
mike from United States
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e.e. cummings loved playing with words. I find many of his works such as "Me up at does" brilliant,playful, and at times excoriating of human beings and our society. What I like best about this work is the way cummings carefully chooses each word and builds each line to produce the maximum effect. One can see the vertical distance, the separation between the narrator and the poisoned mouse by the structure of the lines. One can see the tiny dying mouse staring up at the giant human, asking the question "What have I done you would not have?" I love the use of the word still which means both "not moving" and "even now".
william jackson from United States