An Analysis of E.E. Cummings' Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town
In reading this poem the first time, I had no clue as to what Cummings was speaking of. However, after many times through and several on-line readings, I believe that I have some semblance as to what Cummings was trying to convey in this poem. In reading this poem through on my own the first time, I saw Anyone as any person. However, Anyone is actually an individual, as is Noone. Anyone is seen to be a happy person as in line 4, he is seen singing and dancing. However, in contrast to him, were the women and men who not only didn't care for Anyone but also are living a life of a boring routine. The men and women are also referred to as Someones and Everyones. It is interesting that only the children see the love between Anyone and Noone. However, as they grew older, they succumb to the boring routine, as have the elders of this little town. Not only did Noone love Anyone but loved him more and more by the passing day. She felt all of his emotions with him. The poem speaks of marriage for the Someones and Everyones; h...
The poem “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by E.E. Cummings talks about the cycle of life and the importance of structure, symbolism, and language of the poem. For instance, the poem has nine stanzas, which has a rhyming pattern of AABC. The rhythm of the poem is significant for it supports one of themes, the cycle of life. Cumming uses season to explain the poem's progress. “spring summer autumn winter” (3) and “sun moon stars rain” (8) symbolizes time passing, which represents life passing. In the poem, as the seasons and skies rotate, life continues along with them. In addition, the uses of the words “snow” (22), “buried” (27), “was by was” (28), and “day by day” (29) leading to death. Towards the end of the poem, the depression of death was mention, but Cumming was just stating the n...
Thornton Wilder was born on April 17, 1897, and died on December 7, 1975. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin to Amos Wilder, an American diplomat, and Isabella Wilder. Thornton Wilder started writing plays in The Thacher School in Ojai, California, and graduated from Berkeley High School in 1915. He served in the Coast Guard in World War II. After the war he attended Oberlin College, then Yale University where he earned his B.A. in 1920. His writing was honed at Yale where he was a part of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity which is a literary society. In 1926, he earned his M.A. in French from Princeton University. Wilder won Pulitzer Prizes for The Bridge of San Luis Rey in 1928, Our Town in 1938, and The Skin of Our Teeth in 1942. He also won the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in 1957, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963, and the National Book Award in 1967 for his novel The Eighth Day.
Pleasantville propounds the inspiration to allow the audience to experience the nostalgia of living in a world without advanced/ modern technology. This creates an environment where the audience observes an environment where technology is not reliant to live a “pleasant” life. This nostalgia also affects me when I was a little child that was not affected by technology that surrounds me. Growing up in the ‘50s as well as the 21st century has similarities that I am allowed to compare to my childhood that I spent not surrounded by technology. For example, the diner in the town often had teenagers who hung out there to allow conversations to be presented, and currently; whenever I head to diners to eat, I see many people including teenagers and
After the civil war, United States took a turn that led them to solidify as the world power. From the late 1800s, as the US began to collect power through Cuba, Hawaii, and the Philippines, debate arose among historians about American imperialism and its behavior. Historians such as William A. Williams, Arthur Schlesinger, and Stephen Kinzer provides their own vision and how America ought to be through ideas centered around economics, power, and racial superiority.
During the latter half of the 1800s, the rapid growth in industrialization created the need for businesses to seek out new international markets in order to continue to grow and sell their goods. During this time there was also the popular belief of American exceptionalism; a belief that America had a special mission to spread liberty and democracy all over the world. Together, these two factors helped thrust America into an era now known as “The Age of Imperialism”. From 1890-1914, the United States pursued the desire to expand their territorial possessions, and did so by using their political, military, and economic influence over other countries. While many were responsible for encouraging this ideology, Frederick Jackson Turner, Alfred
Two stories show the circle of life through the eyes of characters who have suffered and lost. William H. Armstrong wrote the book Sounder to show the tragedy of death affects the boy. Thornton Wilder wrote Our Town to show the cycle of life and death with two characters named George and Mr. Webb. His Stage Manager says, “This is the way we were: in our growing up and in our marrying and in our living and in our dying.” These two stories are extremely different in the story line but have the same basic idea that although people lose and suffer, they look for the positive side of things.
This is my town. There is not a whole lot to do in Payson but however, there are some activities we have here in the book our town there are some similarities like it talks about going to the park and we have a park as well. There's always the park if we want to go there or we can go watch a movie there is not a whole we can do but we make it work by hanging out with friends and just having a good time. In some way, our town can relate to the book"Our Town" which is pretty neat.
Every year approximately 2.4 million marriages occur.Out of those,2.1 millionwill file for divorce in the United States. These marriage and divorce rates have significantly increased since the years past(Coltrane and Adams, 364).According to Schoen, in the 1950’s, 15 out of 1,000 marriages ended in divorce.In the 1970’s, the rates of divorcedoubled,increasing to 40 per 1,000 marriages. Currently, the rate of marriages resulting in divorce remains the same. Most marriages are ending within seven years ofthemarriage for multiple different reasons. Sociologists haveestablisheddivorce as a social problem from the rise in divorcerates due to the early year of marriages (2006).
In what way is Wilder’s Our Town is an American Dream narrative because the characters in the play all portray actions of what is considered “normal” activities of the American people. For example, Mr. Webb talks about Emily and George’s wedding. He mentions that at all weddings women have the floor and are the main focus, that’s the way of a classic American wedding goes. Always have been and always will. As he says to George “All those good women standing shoulder to shoulder making sure that the knot’s tied in a mighty public way,” (59). Our Town exposed the buried secrets, hypocrisy, and oppression lurking beneath the surface of American small town life. Throughout the play Wilder presents a far more celebratory picture of a small town,
The year 1898 was a landmark in the transition of the United States from a republic to an imperial power. By the early 1890s, the United States had become the world’s leading agricultural and industrial nation. The country was now able to compete militarily internationally with the other great powers (Ries and Weber 4). It had enough muscle to successfully engage in foreign expansion, otherwise known as imperialism. Many citizens had mixed feelings about the United States becoming an imperialist country. Many farmers and manufacturers were in favor of imperialism so that foreign markets can absorb their growing surpluses (Ries and Weber 4). However, others wondered why the U.S. would want to follow Europe’s powers in imperialism.
During the poem the speaker does not address his readers. The readers are simply overhearing a man assessing the society in which he lives as he daydreams about what is could be and yet what it is not. It is evident that his goal is to get the readers to look down upon this society which is so caught up in daily routine; prohibiting anyone from having freedom of imagination. This detachment that is created between the speaker and his readers incorporated with the boring monotone at the very beginning of the poem gives the readers a negative impression of the society before they begin to analyze the actual words of the poem.
Marriage is a commitment that seems to be getting harder to keep. The social standards placed on an individual by society and influenced by the media inevitably lead some to consider divorce as a “quick-fix” option. “Have it your way” has become a motto in the United States. It has become a country without any consideration of the psychological effects of marriage and divorce. The overwhelmingly high divorce rate is caused by a lack of moral beliefs and marital expectations.
In this poem, Humanity I Love You, E.E. Cummings writes about all the negative effects humanity has on the world, which contradicts the title of the poem. In the first stanza the poet talks about how success and money all control people, and this idea of prosperity makes people selfish and exposes the real flaws of society. The poem continues to talk about the people with money and power are the ones who are supposed to be fixing the world, but instead these people are sitting on their money and watching the society fail. The third and fourth stanzas describe how people’s morals are being corrupted by the thought of money and power, and this is causing humanity lose sight of what is really important, that being the future of humanity. The
Following the Civil War and Reconstruction Eras, Americans began to set their eyes on other shores. With new technology and equipment such as the telegraph and the railroads, the United States had shrunk. No longer was the United States a vast expanse of uncharted territory, but instead, it was a conquered land with a growing population and growing cities. Imperialism was born out of this desire to look across oceans for more land and trade posts for America’s expanding population and economy. Following the Reconstruction Era, the United States debated imperialist policies based on economic, social, military, and political beliefs which ultimately propelled the country to achieving a dominating international reputation.
Emily Dickinson was known well for her solitude nature to the point of never leaving her house after dropping out of Mount Holyoke College. She was never fond of being out in the public light and at one point in her life even stated she thought it was ridiculous to have her poems published. This feeling of wanting to not be famous and enjoying the solitude is emphasized in her poem “I’m Nobody! Who are you? (260)” published in 1891. Using similes and pronouns Dickinson gives a sense of talking to a dear friend, the reader, on why she is happy to be nobody.