ee cummings (Honors)
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17 Nsɛmmisa
anyone lived in a pretty how town
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn't he danced his did.
Women and men(both little and small)
cared for anyone not at all
they sowed their isn't they reaped their same
sun moon stars rain
children guessed(but only a few
and down they forgot as up they grew
autumn winter spring summer)
that noone loved him more by more
when by now and tree by leaf
she laughed his joy she cried his grief
bird by snow and stir
by still anyone's any was all to her
someones married their everyone's
laughed their cryings and did their dance
(sleep wake hope and then)they
said their nevers they slept their dream
stars rain sun moon
(and only the snow can begin to explain
how children are apt to forget to remember
with up so floating many bells down)
one day anyone died i guess
(and noone stooped to kiss his face)
busy folk buried them side by side
little by little and was by was
all by all and deep by deep
and more by more they dream their sleep
noone and anyone earth by april
wish by spirit and if by yes.
Women and men(both dong and ding)
summer autumn winter spring
reaped their sowing and went their came
sun moon stars rain
In the poem, who does "anyone" represent?
In the poem, the phrase "with up so floating many bells down" most likely represents:
What does “noone” do in “anyone lived in a pretty how town” that shows her love for “anyone”?
What literary device is most prominent in the lines "Women and men(both little and small) / cared for anyone not at all"?
The period at the end of line 32 of the modern poem “anyone lived in a pretty how town” most likely indicates that
The lines "spring summer autumn winter" and "sun moon stars rain" suggest:
What is the significance of the recurring use of opposites, such as "up" and "down," "laugh" and "cry," and "sun" and "moon"?
What is the primary theme of the poem?
What does the line "busy folk buried them side by side" imply about society’s view of "anyone" and "noone"?
The poem's structure, with its unconventional grammar and punctuation, serves to:
maggie and milly and molly and may went down to the beach(to play one day)
and maggie discovered a shell that sang so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles,and
milly befriended a stranded star whose rays five languid fingers were;
and molly was chased by a horrible thing which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and
may came home with a smooth round stone as small as a world and as large as alone.
For whatever we lose (like a you or a me) it's always ourselves we find in the sea
What is the central theme of the poem?
What literary device is used in the description of the starfish with "rays five languid fingers"?
The line "as small as a world and as large as alone" suggests:
What do the different reactions of Maggie, Milly, Molly, and May at the beach symbolize?
What does the line "for whatever we lose(like a you or a me)" imply about the nature of loss?
Which of the following best describes the tone of the poem?
What is the significance of the sea in the poem?