Analysis of A trace of e e cummings



as freedom is a breakfastfood
or truth can live with right and wrong
or molehills are from mountains made
-long enough and just so long
will being pay the rent of seem
and genius please the talentgang
and water most encourage flame

as hatracks into peachtrees grow
or hopes dance best on bald men's hair
and every finger is a toe
and any courage is a fear
-long enough and just so long
will the impure think all things pure
and hornets wail by children stung

or as the seeing are the blind
and robins never welcome spring
nor flatfolk prove their world is round
nor dingsters die at break of dong
and common's rare and millstones float
-long enough and just so long
tomorrow will not be too late

worms are the words but joy's the voice
down shall go which and up come who
breasts will be breasts and thighs will be thighs
deeds cannot dream what dreams can do
-time is a tree (this life one leaf)
but love is the sky and i am for you
just so long and long enough

AND ANOTHER ONE

Jehovah buried,Satan dead,
do fearers worship Much and Quick;
badness not being felt as bad,
itself thinks goodness what is meek;
obey says toc,submit says tic,
Eternity's a Five Year Plan:
if Joy with Pain shall hand in hock
who dares to call himself a man?

go dreamless knaves on Shadows fed,
your Harry's Tom,your Tom is Dick;
while Gadgets murder squack and add,
the cult of Same is all the chic;
by instruments,both span and spic,
are justly measured Spic and Span:
to kiss the mike if Jew turn kike
who dares to call himself a man?

loudly for Truth have liars pled,click;
where Boobs are holy,poets mad,
illustrious punks of Progress shriek;
when Souls are outlawed,Hearts are sick,
Hearts being sick,Minds nothing can:
if Hate's a game and Love's a fuck
who dares to call himself a man?

King Christ,this world is all aleak;
and lifepreservers there are none:
and waves which only He may walk
Who dares to call Himself a man.


Scheme abaBxbx xxaxBxx axabaBa xcxaxcx d aeafegxG aeafegbG bafegxG bdxG
Poetic Form
Metre 110101 11111101 1111101 1010111 11010111 010101 01010101 110111 11111111 010010101 01010101 1010111 10011111 01011101 11010101 01010101 1111111 1111111 011011 1010111 0111111 11011101 11110111 111101111 11011111 11011111 1110101111 1110101 00101 01011 1110101 10110111 01110111 011111 10111 11111101 11110101 111111 1101111 11010101 01111101 11101 11010101 11011111 11110101 10111101 11111 01001111 111111 1101101 11010101 11110101 111111 01111 01110111 11110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,928
Words 397
Sentences 4
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 7, 7, 1, 8, 8, 7, 4
Lines Amount 56
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 168
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Written on June 13, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on June 13, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on June 13, 2023

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Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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