Part one of term paper
Edward Estlin Cummings was a poet who stood in stark constrast of style than poets of his day. His poetry rejected most rules of English grammar and syntax. Cummings’ modernism and experimental style culminated in his radical poetic language. Cummings used several reoccuring themes in his works. These include the celebration of individualis ...

Part two of term paper
... words are placed, and their meaning in that position. Cummings, in his own eccentric way, would use this positioning in conjuction with other grammatical idiosyncrisies to express himself. These other quirks would include using desired capitalization rather than when appropriate, “incorrect” use of parenthesis and other puncuation, as well as incorrect use of grammar. In the analysis of the poems, “Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town”, “Once like a Spark”, “Up into the Silence the Gre ...