E. Cummings Life And Accomplishments

Before the twentieth century, rhymed lyric poetry, expressed the feelings of a poet. In the twentieth century, poetry became diverse and holds no boundaries. One man who helped transition the world to a new century of poetry is Edward Estlin Cummings. Cummings is known for violating the rules of composition unlike the many poets before him, who had dared not change the capitalization and punctuation of their poetry. At first people saw this new take on poetry as confusing and random but they soon fell in love with its simplicity of language and playful mood (“E.E. Cummings,” Poem.org). Edward Estlin Cummings an experimentive American author, is known for expanding the boundaries of poetry during the Modernism time period. Writing Poems became a pastime for Cummings in 1904 when he was just a little boy (“E.E. Cummings,” Poem.org). He believed his task was to redesign how the mind comprehends language and reform the concept of poetry (Ratiner). Cummings became one of the twentieth century’s top poets. His poetry was the beginning marker for the

Cummings was a phenomenal poet who left many people believing he was “ the best poet to ever live and it was not just the exaggerations that made his writing so popular but primarily because his poems were sentimental” Randell Jarell stated this well known opinion about Cummings as one of his main critiques ( “ E.E. Cummings” , Poem.org ). In contrast, there are a handful who finds Cummings work to be odd. Norman Friedman, a college professor, stated that Cumming’s work was puzzling and that he disapproved the vivid content ( Friedman). Even though some disagreed about Cummings literary art they can all agree that he was once a top poet of his