If Everything Happens That Cant Be Done E E Cummings
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Summary. ‘ if everything happens that can’t be done’ by e.e. cummings is a very complex, yet strikingly powerful love poem that plays with the english language. throughout the stanzas of this piece, cummings repeats a general pattern of lines with parentheses, repeated structures, and words. it takes quite a while, at least four stanzas. Now i love you and you love me. (and books are shuter. than books. can be) and deep in the high that does nothing but fall. (with a shout. each. around we go all) there's somebody calling who's we.
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If everything happens that can't be done. if everything happens that can't be done (and anything's righter than books could plan) the stupidest teacher will almost guess (with a run skip around we go yes) there's nothing as something as one one hasn't a why or because or although (and buds know better than books don't grow) one's anything old being everything new (with a what which around we. If everything happens that can't be done e.e. cummings. if everything happens that can't be done (and anything's righter than books could plan) the stupidest teacher will almost guess (with a run skip around we go yes) there's nothing as something as one. one hasn't a why or because or although (and buds know better than books don't grow). The poem's paradoxical statements ("if everything happens that can't be done") and playful repetition ("with a run skip around we go yes") create a sense of childlike wonder and the unexpected. it's evident that the poem both reflects and challenges the literary and cultural norms of its time, particularly the rationalism and objectivity. E.e. cummings loves to play with words. of course, many poets play with words, but cummings has an astonishing knack for it. not only does he come up with new words, he makes us think new things ab.
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The poem's paradoxical statements ("if everything happens that can't be done") and playful repetition ("with a run skip around we go yes") create a sense of childlike wonder and the unexpected. it's evident that the poem both reflects and challenges the literary and cultural norms of its time, particularly the rationalism and objectivity. E.e. cummings loves to play with words. of course, many poets play with words, but cummings has an astonishing knack for it. not only does he come up with new words, he makes us think new things ab. E. e. cummings. if everything happens that can't be done. if everything happens that can’t be done (and anything’s righter . than books . could plan). But the poem is, remember, about everything that can't be done happening. in fact, our speaker is asking something similar of us as we read. if you're intimidated by the lack of grammar and ordinary logic of this poem, just remember that we're now in a world where nothing is impossible. if we can let go of the logic of books and reality when we.
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