“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are” - E.E. Cummings. E.E Cummings was born on October 14, 1894 in Cambridge Massachusetts. He was a poet from a junior age and still is one. How does E.E. Cummings create meaning by using visual techniques and hearing techniques. First of all, he uses visual techniques to create meaning. For example, in document A the poem looks seems to be shaped like an L or a 1. Visual techniques are what one sees once one reads his poems. For document 1, I said it was shaped like an L or a 1. This is an example of how he uses visual techniques to create meaning. There are also, other poems he wrote that uses visual techniques. Second of all, he uses auditory techniques to create meaning. For example,