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Poet: e.e. cummings (e.e. cummings Art)
Poem: (Me up at does)
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Mar 6 2005
Comment 32 of 32, added on February 24th, 2010 at 1:06 PM.
Prof.
I see considerable discussion about the last line of the poem. But what about the first line? It seems to me that the first line is the moment when the mouse gets poisoned, and loses all ability to use intelligible language. In this way, it contrasts with the profundity of the end. As he lies dying, the mouse regains his ability to speak, and says, in brief, 'I have no need to justify my life.'
Stanley Greenstein from United States
Comment 31 of 32, added on December 2nd, 2009 at 1:29 PM.
I think the poet is speaking throgh the mouth of a criminal. May be in war , in the street or any other place he had killed sb, unintetionally, That person is sad all the time and there is astorm at his mind, and even poisening a mouse makes him confused and distressed.
Samane from Iran
Comment 30 of 32, 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
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I see considerable discussion about the last line of the poem. But what about the first line? It seems to me that the first line is the moment when the mouse gets poisoned, and loses all ability to use intelligible language. In this way, it contrasts with the profundity of the end. As he lies dying, the mouse regains his ability to speak, and says, in brief, 'I have no need to justify my life.'
Stanley Greenstein from United States