American Literature After 1865



American Literature After 1865

Question

Explain the anti-war, anti-militarist themes in Cummings' poems “my sweet old etc.” and “next to god of course America I.”

Answer

"My sweet old etcetera" is part of E.E. Cummings' "are 5" collection of poetry, which was published in 1926. This poem and most of Cummings' other poetry was known for its typographic innovation. In order to understand what the poem is all about, one might rewrite it and break it up into readable, complete sentences. One must also place appropriate syntax and punctuation where it needs to be. Of course, one has ...