E.E. Cummings

E.E. Cummings book cover
you shall above all things be glad and young flesh put space on and his mind take off time For if you’re young whatever life you wear that you should ever think may god forbid it will become you and if you are glad and in his mercy your true lover spare whatever’s living will yourself become for that way knowledge lies the foetal grave Girlboys may nothing more than boygirls need called progress and negation’s dead undoom I can entirely her only love I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing whose any mystery makes every man’s than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance From Collected Poems
E.E. Cummings

E.E. Cummings

Combining biographical profiles with poetry selections, this revised and updated selection of Voices in Poetry highlights the extraordinary lives and talent of some of the world’s most influential poets. From Shakespeare’s classic love sonnets to Hughes’s songs of the African American experience, this series introduces readers to six unique poetic voices from multiple perspectives by featuring full-length poems or excerpts from larger works and examinations of the author’s style and thematic material. This title provides an exploration of the life and work of 20th-century American writer E. E. Cummings, whose poetry is known for its combination of innovative, artistic style and traditional rhyme and meter.

About This Book

By: S. L. Berry
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Published by: The Creative Company
9-12Age Range
7.5+ AR
47Pages
PoetrySubject
1130LLexile
45-60 minsReading Time
ZGuided Reading
ZFountas & Pinnell
70DRA