Pretty How Town
“anyone lived in a pretty how town”
Opening Statement In “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by E.E. Cummings, the author creates a strong depiction of a pretty town in which two people fall in love. The lilting sound of this poem and the positive word choice help convey the heartwarming happenings of the town, and overshadow the darker occurrences and grief. The poem follows the life of "anyone" a single person in the town who meets "noone" and falls in love. As the poem goes on, the two characters lives continue, even journeying into death; until we reach the end and the focus returns to the other townspeople. One of the strongest points of this poem is the obvious distinction between the townspeople and anyone. While the townspeople's …show more content…
What does the line "with up so floating many bells down" mean? Do you think that the lack of capitalization in the majority of the poem besides on the word "Women" is used to intentionally bring new significance to the poem? Does the different order in the lines regarding the seasons and "sun moon stars rain" represent something? What effect does the lack of punctuation create on the poem?
Title
The title "anyone lived in a pretty how town" immediately draws the readers attention in, because at first glance it does not seem to make much sense. The title is read first, and it greatly effects how the reader will interpret the rest of the poem. Before reading the poem it is hard to realize that "anyone" does not actually refer to anyone in general but to a single person; this makes the title seem unrelated until after reading the poem, when it becomes obvious that it is the basis of the entire poem. The title is actually an introduction to the story that this poem presents, and is also the same as the first line of the poem, which introduces us to the character "anyone". The title is entirely lowercase, which makes it seem as if it has little significance, however just by leaving the title lowercase E.E. Cummings has brought significance into his poem; it makes "anyone" seem insignificant, which is a major theme within the
Opening Statement In “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by E.E. Cummings, the author creates a strong depiction of a pretty town in which two people fall in love. The lilting sound of this poem and the positive word choice help convey the heartwarming happenings of the town, and overshadow the darker occurrences and grief. The poem follows the life of "anyone" a single person in the town who meets "noone" and falls in love. As the poem goes on, the two characters lives continue, even journeying into death; until we reach the end and the focus returns to the other townspeople. One of the strongest points of this poem is the obvious distinction between the townspeople and anyone. While the townspeople's …show more content…
What does the line "with up so floating many bells down" mean? Do you think that the lack of capitalization in the majority of the poem besides on the word "Women" is used to intentionally bring new significance to the poem? Does the different order in the lines regarding the seasons and "sun moon stars rain" represent something? What effect does the lack of punctuation create on the poem?
Title
The title "anyone lived in a pretty how town" immediately draws the readers attention in, because at first glance it does not seem to make much sense. The title is read first, and it greatly effects how the reader will interpret the rest of the poem. Before reading the poem it is hard to realize that "anyone" does not actually refer to anyone in general but to a single person; this makes the title seem unrelated until after reading the poem, when it becomes obvious that it is the basis of the entire poem. The title is actually an introduction to the story that this poem presents, and is also the same as the first line of the poem, which introduces us to the character "anyone". The title is entirely lowercase, which makes it seem as if it has little significance, however just by leaving the title lowercase E.E. Cummings has brought significance into his poem; it makes "anyone" seem insignificant, which is a major theme within the