Array of Subjects in the Poems of E.E. Cumming (Flowers, Insects, Birds, Mice, Acrobats, Patriotism, War)

Abstract

Barry Marks states that a poem is not an idea but a carefully shaped experience in which the reader may discover something about life, the author and himself. Indeed his array of subjects ranging from flowers and grasshopper .to patriotism and war is so extensive that it startles the casual reader. irrespective of whether his theme is about a bird or a mouse or a man, he endows all of them with the dignity that is a characteristic of an individualist. In his view, they are all. in harmony with nature's scheme of life and therefore, they are important and individualistic components of life.