E.E. Cummings
Paperback | Pages: 208 pages Rating: 4.38 | 1264 Users | 57 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Tulips and Chimneys |
| ISBN: | 0871401657 (ISBN13: 9780871401656) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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I've had this for ten years and this is the first time I've read it. If only I read this earlier in life . . . The first twenty pages or so are gorgeous, but spent too much time in my head and didn't make it into my guts, while the end, the sonnets, especially those last few, are breathtaking. Literally, I couldn't breathe. Whenever I think I'm pushing the boundaries of the way I use language, I need only to flip open this book for a wallop in the jaws, that says, "nice try, back to the drawing board."Present Epithetical Books Tulips & Chimneys
| Title | : | Tulips & Chimneys |
| Author | : | E.E. Cummings |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 208 pages |
| Published | : | August 17th 1996 by Liveright Publishing Corp. (first published 1923) |
| Categories | : | Poetry. Classics. Literature. American. 20th Century |
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Ratings: 4.38 From 1264 Users | 57 ReviewsAssess Epithetical Books Tulips & Chimneys
My roommate suggested this, and had me start with "La Guerre." I feel so alive when I read it, and question why I don't read more poetry. cummings placement of words on the page, their relationship to one another, only heightens the effect of his imagery. These poems hold a beautiful and tangible sense of longing. Perfect for spring, or anyone who's coping with lost love.TIL that I don't like all of e.e.cummings poems. I do not like his earliest works, the really, really, really long love poems in particular. But I'd never read his sonnets before this, and was so happy to discover them. All in all, I'm glad I read this and got to know his body of work better.
It's not easy to get through but I do not mean that in a negative way. For me it was a challenge, being that his language can be tough to decipher. The first section is very intersting and the book does have a flow, at times it seems to be loose. From what I remember, there was a lot about women, heartbreak, relationships of some sort, and some dark themes.
10 stars out of 5Brilliant No one can write like Cummings.
I loved this! Cummings has a great sense of ironic humor and a mastery of cadence. Here's my favorite stanza:Humanity i love you because you are perpetually putting the secret oflife in your pants and forgettingit's there and sitting downon it
As a life-long (or middle-school on) e.e. cummings fan, I am always surprised by how much of his poetry I don't really like. In this first collection (1923), I found several poems to be florid and overdone. For example, "Epithalamion" is filled with classical references I can't get myself to care about. BUT, of course, there are the poems filled with poignancy and sheer loveliness. Cummings' early poetry has themes of love, sex, and death--which, in my opinion, are three of the four main topics
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