Thursday, October 28, 2010

e.e. cummings

Here i wrote the poem which Prof Hami mentioned to be analyzed. E.E. Cummings' poem [l(a] is only, in its entirety, four words long.  there are so many interpretations and analysis about the poem, but in my idea, maybe all them be wrong or right. it would be interesting to see what your view of point is about the poem:

1(a

le
af
fa
ll

s)
one
l

iness

 

here i am writing some diffrent ideas from diffrent people:
Kathryn Moore 

the poem looks like a leaf is actually falling from a tall tree- hence the tall poemT the 'iness' at the end makes me feel that 'aloneness' that we call solitud.



 Daniel Pitchers 

I believe the correct interpretation is 'a leaf falls within loneliness'

Bobby Lankin  

It seems that people think this poem is supposed to have a name. It is not. Also, if it were supposed to have a name, its name would be 'A leaf falls IN loneliness' not ON loneliness. If you understood the true meaning of this poem, you would understand that. 

 
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 28, 2010 at 5:34 AM

    it was an interesting design for poem that has surprised me the first time i saw it, i think it is a poem which shows the real emotion of its poet,i.e. he really knew that the small events occur around us are as important as the big ones, and to show this reality,he wrote his poems as they happen to attract readers to the trifles. because no one would matter to such ordinary event. but by seeing this kind of drawing, they will like to understand the real meaning of such trifles. and also it he may wanted to say that loneliness is like a leaf falling from a tree that after this, no one will matter to it and it will be forgotten,and then that leaf won't be important for anyone else. and the letter 1 in the first line of the poem may refer to being loneliness i.e. 1when we want to use sth to talk about loneliness, we use this number as a symbol of being lonelinee.

    Fereshteh

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  2. zaraOctober 29, 2010 at 9:19 AM

    this poem is written in the mid 1800's, they didnt have computers so they used a typewriter. The letter 'L' and the number 1 were the same key on the typewriter...so the title '1(a' is correct. if it was really the letter L the poem wouldn't make sense... the number one symbolizes loneliness, that is why it is the number,

    i recommend too read r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r (grasshopper)
    by this poet too.its as beautiful as leaf
    its the link: http://www.eliteskills.com/analysis_poetry/r_p_o_p_h_e_s_s_a_g_r_by_e_e_cummings_analysis.php

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