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Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), commonly known as e e cummings or E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright.
Edward Estlin (E.E.) Cummings was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He attended the Cambridge Latin High School, where he studied Latin and Greek. Cummings earned both his BA and MA from Harvard, and his earliest poems were published in Eight Harvard Poets (1917).
Oct 12, 2019 · E. E. Cummings – or, following the American poet’s own idiosyncratic way of styling himself, ‘e. e. cummings’ – was one of the greatest and most original voices in twentieth-century American poetry. He also wrote some of the most intense and remarkable erotic love poems in the English language.
E.E. Cummings (born October 14, 1894, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.—died September 3, 1962, North Conway, New Hampshire) was an American poet and painter who first attracted attention, in an age of literary experimentation, for his unconventional punctuation and phrasing.
E. E. Cummings remains a celebrated figure in American poetry, known for his unconventional style and enduring influence. Cummings's work broke from traditional poetic forms, experimenting with syntax, punctuation, and visual presentation.
E. E. Cummings - Edward Estlin Cummings is known for his radical experimentation with form, punctuation, spelling, and syntax; he abandoned traditional techniques and structures to create a new, highly idiosyncratic means of poetic expression.
Apr 2, 2014 · E.E. Cummings was an innovative poet known for his lack of stylistic and structural conformity, as seen in volumes like Tulips and Chimneys and XLI Poems.
E.E. Cummings may be most remembered for his gleeful love poems with their sensuous use of language and his visual inventiveness and Modernist style. He was a highly innovative writer and painter, who borrowed concepts from the world of Modernist painting and sculpture to influence his poems.
By E. E. Cummings. i carry your heart with me (i carry it in. my heart)i am never without it (anywhere. i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done. by only me is your doing,my darling) i fear. no fate (for you are my fate,my sweet)i want. no world (for beautiful you are my world,my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant.
E.E. Cummings was a revolutionary 20th-century poet and writer. Known for his unconventional use of grammar, punctuation, and syntax, Cummings crafted a unique style that challenged traditional literary norms.
