you shall above all things... (22) - A poem by e.e. cummings


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e.e. cummings - you shall above all things... (22)

you shall above all things be glad and young
For if you're young,whatever life you wear
   
it will become you;and if you are glad
whatever's living will yourself become.
Girlboys may nothing more than boygirls need:
i can entirely her only love
   
whose any mystery makes every man's
flesh put space on;and his mind take off time
   
that you should ever think,may god forbid
and (in his mercy) your true lover spare:
for that way knowledge lies,the foetal grave
called progress,and negation's dead undoom.
   
I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance

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Poet: e.e. cummings Poem: you shall above all things... (22) Poem of the Day: Jun 18 2004 Comment 2 of 2, added on April 11th, 2006 at 3:55 PM. i love e.e. cummings. he so brilliantly muddles his words and plays with grammar (oh my god "warped this parhapsy"...) but this one is particulalry uplifting. not in the way the post above says, but i think more in the always profound be-true-to-thineself-and-happiness-will-find-you-way... "FOR IF YOURE YOUNG, WHATEVER LIFE YOU WEAR WILL BECOME YOU; AND IF YOU ARE GLAD WHATEVERS LIVING WILL YOURSELF BECOME." this poem changes its meaning to me still, and i dont have it figured out, but i think it makes me remember to just be happy contained in my own little self and everything else will follow suit. when i read this i feel a smile; afterall, be happy and sing, or wallow in pleasing everyone but yourself and find yourself in the company of misery. chaney from United States Comment 1 of 2, added on May 16th, 2005 at 2:23 AM. There is a trend of Pantheism in the poem. The god LIFE, penetrates everything. A positive karma coming back to you when you approach life in a positive way. An immense joy of living. The theme of love that takes one beyond space and time. The imagery of birds singing, stars dancing - are transcending elements that give the poem an universal feeling. Very Wordsworthian. One of my favorite poems. liana pehrsson-berindei from Denmark More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, you shall above all things... (22), has received 2 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: you shall above all things... (22) Last read: Oct 11 2008, 11:33AM Poem of the Day: Jun 18 2004 Viewed 19686 times. Added on May 16th, 2005 at 2:23 AM.

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