1. e.e. cummings “To be nobody-but-myself-in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.”

2. Early Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1894 – Died 1962, stroke Son of Unitarian minister Mother encouraged his to write and keep a journal – He started writing poetry at the age of 8

3. Youth Attended Harvard University – Received masters degree in 1916 Volunteered to serve as ambulance driver in WWI – He and a friend were wrongly arrested and imprisoned in France on charges of spying – They were released a few months later

4. Creativity After war, moved to New York’s Greenwich Village – Studied art in Paris for a while and published his first book of poetry Began to experiment with both language and art forms – Free verse in poetry; Cubism in art He did everything: prose, poetry, art, drama

5. Fight the Power He always rebelled against the authoritarian forces that tended to look down on being unique He married three times and only held regular jobs for a very short amount of time, which was against the social norms during that time saw language as a flexible tool to be manipulated (not a fixed system) – Played with punctuation, syntax, and usage

6. anyone lived in a pretty how town (with up so floating many bells down) spring summer autumn winter he sang his didn’t he danced his did. Women and men(both little and small) cared for anyone not at all they sowed their isn’t they reaped their same sun moon stars rain children guessed(but only a few and down they forgot as up they grew autumn winter spring summer) that noone loved him more by more when by now and tree by leaf she laughed his joy she cried his grief bird by snow and stir by still anyone’s any was all to her someones married their everyones laughed their cryings and did their dance (sleep wake hoe and then)they said their nevers and they slept their dream stars rain sun moon (and only the snow can begin to explain how children are apt for forget to remember with up so floating many bells down) one day anyone died i guess (and noone stooped to kiss his face) busy folk buried them side by side little by little and was by was all by all and deep by deep and more by more they dream their sleep noone and anyone earth by april wish by spirit and if by yes. Women and men(both dong and ding) summer autumn winter spring reaped their sowing and went their came sun moon stars rain

7. SQUEEEEEEEE!

8. The Assignment Write, draw, analyze the poem in some way that is worthy of a grade; you are literally determining your grade with what you decide to present to me. :) Bwahahahahahahaha! Seriously, though, this is a grade and needs to show that you put in effort as such. Think themes, symbolism, all the Modernism traits we’ve gone over…make something that shows you not only have a brain but have also used it.