if everything happens that can't be done - A poem by e.e. cummings

e.e. cummings - if everything happens that can't be done

if everything happens that can't be done
(and anything's righter
than books
could plan)
the stupidest teacher will almost guess
(with a run
skip
around we go yes)
there's nothing as something as one

one hasn't a why or because or although
(and buds know better
than books
don't grow)
one's anything old being everything new
(with a what
which
around we go who)
one's everyanything so

so world is a leaf is a tree is a bough
(and birds sing sweeter
than books
tell how)
so here is away and so your is a my
(with a down
up
around again fly)
forever was never till now

now i love you and you love me
(and books are shutter
than books
can be)
and deep in the high that does nothing but fall
(with a shout
each
around we go all)
there's somebody calling who's we

we're everything brighter than even the sun
(we're everything greater
than books
might mean)
we're everyanything more than believe
(with a spin
leap
alive we're alive)
we're wonderful one times one

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Poet: e.e. cummings Poem: if everything happens that can't be done Comment 8 of 8, added on March 21st, 2007 at 2:59 AM. This is one of a handful of poems with a religious theme that place cummings among the sublime poets. Yes, it is about love and it also is about the God Who is Love. The very first line places it in the realm of mystery, a reaching out to the power that is above and beyond--and yet, within and between. What better metaphor for the sheer joy of discovering Love than that of children bursting from the schoolhouse into the wonderful freedom of recess? It is carefully crafted, with the first part of each stanza straining against the "books" that tell us what we must do and know, and the second half bursting with the joy of freedom, the discovery of who we really are. I have been known to go on and on--but go find all this for yourself. Grace Seitzer from United States Comment 7 of 8, added on January 24th, 2006 at 9:25 AM. This poem seems sort of similar in concept to cummings' poem "since feeling is first" with the whole love is indescribable kind of theme. Andrew from United States Comment 6 of 8, added on November 5th, 2005 at 5:04 AM. I think that this poem is about love the speaker wanted to say his love to the girl that he loves her very much he discribe this love and its feeling.he wanted to say that love and its feeling is very greater than any thing in this world .love is very greater than putting in the form of words and saying in the book ther is no book to say love to have a right concept of areal love . he wanted to say that if we discribe love inthe form of book or by words it lost its value.I think that the title of this poem says that this girl don't care to his love very much it wanted to show that she loved him but try to fade it becouse of her shame and that is the thing that have value for him and he loved it coz he believed that if she show it apearently this love lost its value.and it become cheap . in line 19 he said that every thing in this world has no value in comparesion with this love .in line10 he wanted to say that love and its emotion has no question,reason,its an emotion that comes to your heart and you have no answer for it . you can't discribe this emotion of love .in line 29he said that he knew that the girl love him but because of her shame or pride she didn't show it and it had value for him.coz it shew that she was not a cheap girl.in line 45 he said that thier love id wanderful the thing that he believed in it.in line 37 he compared their love with sun light to make a high value for it and to say that thier love is unique and it is as beautiful as the sun light and to say that there was no love in the world that was as great as thiers.and he wanted to say that his love is as clear as the sun light and without any tricking and cheating. parastoo_farrahi from Iran More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, if everything happens that can't be done, has received 8 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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