Edward Estlin Cummings or E.E. Cummings  October 14, 1894-September 3, 1962  2,900 poems  3 wives  1 kid  He died of a stroke  Went to Harvard

old age sticksold age sticks  old age sticks  up keep  off  signs)&  youth yanks them  down(old  age  cries No  tres)&(pas)  youth laughs  (sing  old age  scolds Forbid  den Stop  Must  n’t don’t  &)youth goes  right on  gr  owing old

old age sticksold age sticks  In this poem he is telling how youth is growing old he says “&)youth goes right on gr owing old” this is why I believe he is talking about growing old.

old age sticksold age sticks  Foreshadowing  Symbolism

Anyone lived in a pretty how town

 In this poem he is trying to show how man and woman no matter what happens like marriage or death they don’t even take notice to what is going on around them they are to busy with theirs lives to notice

Anyone lived in a how now town  Metaphor  Satire