Cummings

1) WOW...he's a dirty dirty man...I cannot believe that his poems were just so blatent. I mean..I'm not necessarily complaining, just caught off guard I guess. At this point, honestly, I have nothing in my life that could even possibly come close to reflecting the emotions of Cummings in those poems. Thankfully, his poems were very easy to read, and in turn, easy to interpret.

2) Cummings has a way of merging his content and form in various ways. The first is, that the form of the poem makes it much easier for the reader to understand how he wants the poem to sound. He writes as if he is speaking and the words and punctuation are accentuating ever fluctuation of his voice. There is also a sense that his breathing patterns are a big part in correctly understanding the point of the poem. For example, in "i like my body when it is with your" there is a line that states "and the trembling-firm-smooth ness and which i will again and again and again...". When one reads that sentence aloud you can actually feel the tensing and relaxing of the muscles, as they do during times of passion. This vivid description and visualization makes the poems less archaeic and much more relevant to the times. The poetry has a lot of more concentrated emotion in the content, making it more exciting which is what contemporary readers prefer. The content is also a lot more concise in the way it is laid out, there isn't a lot of fluff. There are more words that are understandable but at the same time profound, which I think keeps the essence and beauty of poetry.