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I like those as well, especially "Xaipe 12". I hadn't read "One XXXIV" before and I am not sure right now I understand it properly. Maybe I should have another look at it when I am feeling a little brighter :goof:
As for "1", there are so many interpretations, ways to read that poem, like "Xaipe 12" in a way, which is why what makes it so popular maybe... It is like watching the clouds on a nice day... Everytime you look, you see them taking different shapes and figures...
I love the work of cummings, and when I came across this poem, I fell out of my chair. It's so witty, humorously juxtaposed, and philosophical even that I was literally on the floor with happiness. Read it. What do you think? :banana: oh, and how fitting for my nick name...hehe
From "the way to hump a cow is not"
the way to hump a cow is not
to get yourself a stool
but draw a line around the spot
and call it beautifool
to multiply because and why
dividing thens by nows
and adding and(i understand)
is hows to hump a cows
....
to vote for me(all decent mem
and wonens will allows
which if they don't to hell with them)
is hows to hump a cows
ee cummings
One word: gross!
Wow, very . . . ummm, interesting poem, Reason is a cow. E.E. Cummings definitely seemed like one of the more odd poets - very passionate, creative, and original, but some of his poetry seems really . . . out there. :D
I leave you to your own interpretations to another of Cummings' strange ones --
Quote:
may i feel said he
(i'll squeal said she
just once said he)
it's fun said she
(may i touch said he
how much said she
a lot said he)
why not said she
(let's go said he
not too far said she
what's too far said he
where you are said she)
....
(come?said he
ummm said shee)
you're divine!said he
(you are Mine said she)
Those are both terrible. Yuck. Bleh.
As in, he's good with rhyme, but yeah....
hey, that's my favourite ee cummings poem. i just love the way he wrote about it. and it makes me smile..
Oh I love so many of his poems... and yet there are still so many I cannot understand! Here is one of my favorites:
since feeling is first
who pays any attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you;
wholly to be a fool
while Spring is in the world
....
Hi guys i needed some help with the poem
"nobody loses all the time"
i had an uncle named
Sol who was a born failure and
nearly everybody said he should have gone
into vaudeville perhaps because my Uncle Sol could
sing McCann He Was A Diver on Xmas Eve like Hell Itself which
may or may not account for the fact that my Uncle
Sol indulged in that possibly most inexcusable
of all to use a highfalootin phrase
luxuries that is or to
wit farming and be
it needlessly
added
....
Are there any really important lines in here that have a meaning beyond the literal .. and if so can someone paraphrase those for me
like can soemone explain waht this line means and then paraphrase it
sing McCann He Was A Diver on Xmas Eve like Hell Itself which
also actually can someone explain this whole stanza
Sol indulged in that possibly most inexcusable
of all to use a highfalootin phrase
luxuries that is or to
wit farming and be
it needlessly
added
and paraphrase it if possible ? :S that's confusing
Hello, george1, welcome to the forum. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by george1
To tell all honesty, I cannot decipher this poem from any meaning other than a darkly comical, straight-forward poem. The term Sol, meaning sun, may have some significance, but, other than that, the real significance lies in the title 'no body loses all the time,' meaning, in Cummings' very odd humor, that, even though the character wanted to raise a farm, he still did after death. :lol:
Of course with Cummings' style of never using a lot of punctuation, and the like, this sentence can read with some difficulty. Basically, it communicates that Uncle Sol could sing a song, entitled 'McCann He Was A Diver,' and that Uncle Sol usually sang it on Christmas Eve; 'like Hell Itself' merely refers to common phrases, in the same way of saying 'bat out of hell.'Quote:
Originally Posted by george1
Again, with Cummings' lack of punctuation, this stanza, too, reads with a challenge. The only thing this stanza connotates mostly states that Uncle Sol loved speaking in strange, witty, and seemingly intelligent phrases such as 'luxuries that is or to wit farming and be it needlessly added.'Quote:
Originally Posted by george1
thank you for replying!
also is it possible to explain what the compasrion is with
"i remember we all cried like the Missouri"
wat does the poet mean we cried like the Missouri?
also..teh aside that is made
"and down went
my Uncle
Sol
and started a worm farm)"
how did he mak ea worm farm? I mean wont he be the one being eaten by the worms?
thanks again
Hello, george1, glad I can help! :nod:
When 'crying like the Missouri,' this could mean a few things. I do not feel familiar with the amount of rainfall in the midwest United States, but I imagine it more applies to the great amounts of water flowing through the immense river - hence the great amount of tears at Uncle Sol's funeral.Quote:
Originally Posted by george1
Precisely, in fact. This directs the reader to Cummings' sometimes very dark, cynical, and odd humor. Basically, Uncle Sol started a worm farm after his death in his grave. It does not necessarily mean the character actively started a worm farm, but succeeded well, according to Cummings, merely by dying and getting buried. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by george1
ok thanks again that was a lot of help understanding that poem :)
by the way from what i can undersand the theme of the poem is basically not to give up as life contains unexpected events and eventually everyone will "win" at something they keep trying...but does he actually kill himself?
or by drowning himself in the watertank
but somebody who'd given my Unde Sol a Victor
Victrola and records while he lived presented to
him upon the auspicious occasion of his decease a
scrumptious not to mention splendiferous funeral with
tall boys in black gloves and flowers and everything and
also do u know what the poem is referring to when it says "a Victor
Victrola"
I know i ask too many questions ..lol just want to know :D
A Victor Victrola is a make of gramophone.
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Cummings; one of my favorites since CU, his lightheartedness, the format and unexpected subject matter, unique forever. RJS
I do like the content of his work, but the lack of necessary capitalization distracts me, though it does contribute to his individual style.