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e.e. cummings - r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r

r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r
who
a)s w(e loo)k
upnowgath
PPEGORHRASS
eringint(o-
aThe):l
eA
!p:
S         a
(r
rIvInG .gRrEaPsPhOs)
to
rea(be)rran(com)gi(e)ngly
,grasshopper;

Added: on April 8th, 2007 at 4:15 PM | Viewed: 33550 times | Comments and analysis of r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r by e.e. cummings Comments (34)


r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r - Comments and Information

Poet: e.e. cummings
Poem: r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r
Poem of the Day: Feb 19 2005

Comment 34 of 34, added on August 30th, 2007 at 7:07 PM.

Grasshopper.
Who as we look up now gathering into a T, he leaps arriving to rearrangingly become grasshopper.

I love this poem. Really Really.

Annette
Comment 33 of 34, added on May 29th, 2007 at 9:04 PM.

i'm in 7th grade and i was assigned this poem to figure out. it took me 3 hours!!!!!!!!! :( actually, i didn't really do it, which is why i now love this site

Casey from United States
Comment 32 of 34, added on April 8th, 2007 at 4:15 PM.

Okay, check this out...you guys are all missing the 'a' so you end up with the wrong translation. This is a letter-for-letter translation - nothing added or left out - no personal interpretations. Enjoy!

grasshopper
who
as we look
up now gathering
GRASSHOPPER
into-
a ‘T’ he leaps!:
arriving grasshopper
to rearrangingly
become
grasshopper


paul from Canada

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