Cummings

1. I really enjoy reading Cummings because of the descriptive words he uses to describe things, such as the woman’s body in “i like my body when it is with your.” While reading all of Cummings’ poems I can visualize what he is writing about and can feel the emotion that was poured into the poem. Sometimes the form of how the poem is written makes it difficult to read straight through. I also really enjoy reading Cummings’ poetry because it is very pleasurable.

2. Cummings uses a lot of content about sexual pleasures and experiences in “since feeling is first” and “i like my body when it is with your.” He merges his content with his form by using a very unique style. He uses capitalization, punctuation, gaps, and line breaks throughout his poems in unusual places. He does not use traditional techniques, and he experiments with the form of his work. Cummings form is meant to emphasis something, to be used for a pause break, or another way that does not even make sense to the reader. While reading Cummings some of his sentences are even harder to read and interrupted by his form of writing. However, Cummings uses his form for a certain reason and if his form was changed, then the reader could interpret it the wrong way. His form and organization of the poem, although odd, has a purpose behind it. I think that Cummings’ form of writing is very hard to understand and interpret in the right context for many readers. His capitalization, punctuation, and other types of form are put and placed in spots to create meaning and emphasize parts of his poems. In certain parts of his poems you can see why he uses the style he does, where as other parts it is difficult to read.