E.E.+Cummings

  Edward Estlin Cummings was born on October 14, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts which is where he grew up. He was the oldest child of Edward and Rebecca Cummings. His sister, Elizabeth, was born in 1901. E.E Cummings believe that his father, who was a sociology and political science major at Harvard, could accomplish anything that crossed his path. E.E. and his father shared a very close bond and they becomes each other's main support system. E.E.'s mother loved to read poetry to her children and teach them to love poetry. By the time E.E was three, he had written his first poem. Like his father, Cummings attended Harvard University. He graduated //magna cum laude in// 1915 with a bachelor of arts degree. During his college career, he continued to write poems which were often published in the //Harvard Monthly.// Later, the //Harvard Advocate// published his poems. In 1917, //E////ight Harvard Poets// published his first collection of original poems. E.E. Cummings had two short marriages, the first to Elaine Orr and his second to Ann Minnerly Barton. Both of his marriages ended in divorce. On September 3, 1962, Cummings died from a stroke in New Hampshire. He was 67 years old.

Poetry: - his work was traditional; avant-garde style - wrote about love and nature - some poems are free verse - most poems are a sonnet - he wrote four plays in his lifetime

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in  my heart)i am never without it(anywhere  i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done  by only me is your doing,my darling)  i fear  no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want  no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)  and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"> and whatever a sun will always sing is you
 * I Carry Your Heart With Me**

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<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;"> i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

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