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E.E. Cummings "anyone lived in a pretty how town"      I first read this poem and I thought of love, two people in love. Anyone and noone are in love and that is what matters to them, to be in love with each other and with life. It involves the day, the night, and how the weather changes. The seasons revolve and the children grow up to become adults. As I read the poem I realized there were three sections to it. Which consist of anyone and noone, "women and

An Analysis of E.E. Cummings' Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town In reading this poem the first time, I had no clue as to what Cummings was speaking of. However, after many times through and several on-line readings, I believe that I have some semblance as to what Cummings was trying to convey in this poem. In reading this poem through on my own the first time, I saw Anyone as any person. However, Anyone is actually an individual, as is Noone. Anyone is seen to be a happy person as in line 4

If humans were to live in a world where only 10 poems were allowed to be read and studied, ideally, the 10 poems selected would be the most figuratively, structurally, and mechanically fit of all pieces in history. In my opinion, the 1940 poem “Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town” by E.E. Cummings is one of the most intriguing poems written and would surely be featured as one of the 10 selected pieces of reading. Though it features bizarre syntax which, at times, is hard to decipher, the poem is one

The poem “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by E.E. Cummings talks about the cycle of life and the importance of structure, symbolism, and language of the poem. For instance, the poem has nine stanzas, which has a rhyming pattern of AABC. The rhythm of the poem is significant for it supports one of themes, the cycle of life. Cumming uses season to explain the poem's progress. “spring summer autumn winter” (3) and “sun moon stars rain” (8) symbolizes time passing, which represents life passing. In

“anyone lived in a pretty how town” by E.E. Cummings can be interpreted both literally and figuratively. Literally, the poem can be read to mean that someone lived in a town where everyone was unhappy, unloving, and cruel. The people went through life growing up, forgetting their lonely, loveless childhoods, while others died unloved with nobody missing them, therefore the town continued to repeat the cycle of unhappiness for every following generation. Figuratively, the poem can be viewed as a love

the capture of a moment in time otherwise lost in the blink of an eye. British poet Dylan Thomas and American poet E.E. Cummings have both been noted for the recurring themes of passage of time in their poetry. In Thomas’ "Fern Hill" and Cummings’ "anyone lived in a pretty how town," both modern poets utilize a juxtaposition of paradoxes to express the irrevocable passage of time and the loss of innocence attributed to it. While Thomas projects his mature feelings into a nostalgic site of his childhood

Death is not Bad for Anyone Epicurus writes, the argument that death is nothing to us, because when we exist, death is not yet present, and when death comes, we no longer exist. There are three reasonable previews to support his view, including: something is bad for someone as long as it must be bad for that person at specific time; Death cannot be bad for someone when they are dead because the person does not exist at that time; Death cannot be bad for someone before death actually come. Among

readings, “The Making of A Sniper: Is Anyone To Blame” was social learning theory. This was the theory best describing Malvo criminal and delinquent behaviors. A type of social learning theory, Differential Identification. “In this view, people commit criminal or delinquent acts if they believe that it will lead to acceptance by and approval of these important people in their lives” (Adler, Mueller, & Laufer, 2012). In the article, “The Making Of A Sniper: Is Anyone To Blame”, we were able to see how

emphasize the rarity of love in society. The couple who falls in love, and is different from anyone else, doesn’t have names. Instead they are referred to as “anyone” and “noone”. Carr explains the story behind the poem as he writes, “Read the poem as a “love-story” --- and it is --- of ‘anyone’ and ‘noone’, who saved their innocence and naturalness by avoiding the ways of the ‘busy folk’.” By naming them as “anyone and “noone” Cumming is putting an emphasis on how little they mean to everyone else around

Outstanding Teacher, Anyone? By Allan Moore S. Cabrillas Master Teacher I – San Jose West Central School San Jose City As the whole world salutes the modern-day heroes in the school, here are some characteristics that really define the teacher. If one possesses these, he or she can contribute a lot to children, to their fellow teachers, to the community, and to the field of education. While there is no static formula for what makes an outstanding teacher, these personality traits help form