e e cummings was a leading figure in the American Modernist movement. Like the manner of writing his name, his poems are idiosyncratic; lower-case letters and an absence of punctuation. He nevertheless, like most Modernists, remains traditional on many levels along with being avant-garde; his themes of love, use of the sonnet form, and a shared affinity with the Romantics.
You will find one of his most famous poems, 'O sweet spontaneous...' by clicking on the link below. We will be looking at this in class.
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