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Poetry commentary on Edward Estlin Cummings was an American poet ? the second most widely read poet in the United States, after Robert Frost ? born in 1894. He was
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Edward Estlin Cummings was an American poet the second most widely read poet in the United States, after Robert Frost born in 1894. He was immensely popular, especially among younger readers for his work; he experimented radically with form, punctuation, spelling and syntax. The majority of his poems turn to the subjects of love, war, and sex, with such simplistic language, abandoning traditional techniques to create new means of poetic expression.
"Somewhere I have never travelled", is a very highly acclaimed poem. The narrator speaks of his lover, and the power, which attaches him to her. The title, "Somewhere I have never travelled", is significant to the romantic theme of the poem. It is quite a complicated concept, and at first glance, it is not quite clear, however by looking deeper into the poem, the title has a deeper romantic meaning than might first be perceived. The speaker is describing how his lover is able to touch in every aspect of him.
The frequent references to roses and fragility seem slightly sexist, as it is easy to interpret this as the speaker seeing women as beautiful but weak creatures. However, the fragility, which he speaks of, is not a lack of strength physical, mental or emotional in his beloved. Instead, he is appreciating the complexity of her being, which he explores when he interacts with and loves her on different levels physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. She is so fragile because any action on his part produces an effect on her, "death and forever with each breathing", she is so sensitive to his existence. Any change, which he brings about in her, he considers to be breaking her, in a metaphorical sense.
"Fragility" however, can also be powerful, "the power of your intense fragility". The idea of frailness/fragility in this poem is slightly paradoxical; because the speaker finds his beloved so fragile; this has powerful effect on his emotions and spirit. It...
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