08-15-2016, 02:58 AM
Wonderful poem. It's indeed a faithful Cummings parody, up to and including
a significant subject.
I do SO love Cummings (who, along with Emily, seems currently out of favor).
I love his odd syntax (of which punctuation marks are a part), a syntax he uses
to convey meanings that normal syntax cannot.
The spacing though... is not that often used to good effect; it doesn't possess
the logical consistency of his syntax and it usually irritates me no end.
Picky nit : When it came to his name, E. E. Cummings always used capitals.
And poor Emily! She can't catch a break these days. I blame it on the large, fawning
fan base that her work amassed. They succeeded in pissing off untold numbers of genuine
readers. (Sylvia Plath's fate was a worse one than hers, and for much the same reason.)
I love Emily are for her dreadful puns, riddles, and trickster humor. She amused herself
well in that garden (and me along with her).
a significant subject.
I do SO love Cummings (who, along with Emily, seems currently out of favor).
I love his odd syntax (of which punctuation marks are a part), a syntax he uses
to convey meanings that normal syntax cannot.
The spacing though... is not that often used to good effect; it doesn't possess
the logical consistency of his syntax and it usually irritates me no end.
Picky nit : When it came to his name, E. E. Cummings always used capitals.
And poor Emily! She can't catch a break these days. I blame it on the large, fawning
fan base that her work amassed. They succeeded in pissing off untold numbers of genuine
readers. (Sylvia Plath's fate was a worse one than hers, and for much the same reason.)
I love Emily are for her dreadful puns, riddles, and trickster humor. She amused herself
well in that garden (and me along with her).
