eecummings

=e.e. cummings and his poetry=

Biography information
 * born October 14, 1864
 * died September 3, 1962
 * Poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright
 * wrote over 150 poems

Poetry style
 * uses parenthesis
 * capitalizes randomly
 * no punctuation parenthesis
 * free verse
 * changes parts of speech
 * uses concrete forms and playful language

Other information
 * also a painter
 * used typography to "paint a picture" with some of his poems.
 * won over 10 rewards for his work

Historical events
 * WWl (served in)
 * after WWll poets found Emersonian ides in cummings poetry
 * imprisonment
 * religion
 * love
 * alienated from culture and fellow poets
 * study of visual arts in New York and Paris

Famous poems
 * i carry your heart with me
 * a pretty a day
 * if you like my poems let them
 * snow
 * anyone lived in a pretty how town
 * "kitty" sixteen, 5'11, white, prostitute