EE Cummings: Satire and Romanticisim Term Paper

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" (p. 169) This shows that Cummings was deeply interested in shaking the foundations of institutionalization. Not every critic loved his work though. There are some who felt that Cummings satire and sex poems are nothing but "bits of sarcasm, fancy invective, and nose-thumbings." (Horton and Mangan, p. 88) While we may not agree with this view, it is true that some of Cummings' poems seem to serve no real purpose at all.

Cummings had a strong penchant for romanticism. He has often written about his pleasure derived from nature, love and sex. Many of his love poems are inspired by his love experiences from his three marriages.

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For example, his poems:"May my heart always be open to little," "birds who are the secrets of living," "whatever they sing is better than to know" and "and if men should not hear them men are old" explores everything from love to lust and from romance to seduction. He is the most famous contemporary love poet and especially his poem " I carry my heart with you" has left a lasting impact on the modern youth. In his play " HIM-- and Me," he opened himself to complete freedom expressing great beauty and pleasure of heterosexual love and spiritual amalgamation of Him and Me......

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