UneTortue said:l(a
le
af
fa
ll
s)
one
l
iness.
e.e. cummings
Chris 2 said:UneTortue said:l(a
le
af
fa
ll
s)
one
l
iness.
e.e. cummings
I don't get it?
retypepassword said:Totally conveys that feeling of loneliness. One on a line by itself? I think the poem's structured in such a way that every line is a part of a "leaf" falling. A leaf falling usually conveys sadness to me.
Edit: The more I reread it or think about it, the more depressed I get... Also, the poem is supposedly written like so:
l(a
le
af
fa
ll
s)
one
l
iness
Someone on some blog commented that Cummings would've had to use the lowercase l on his typewriter to type 1, so loneliness could also be interpreted to be 1-one-1-iness, or one-one-one-ness.
I have to say, this might just be one of my favorite poems. Thanks for sharing.
UneTortue said:Chris 2 said:UneTortue said:l(a
le
af
fa
ll
s)
one
l
iness.
e.e. cummings
I don't get it?
l (a leaf falls) oneliness
^ and that's a lowercase 'L' not an I. :3
Basically, the poem is in every letter. In the first line, the l is separated from the a. The two 'L's in the fifth line being a couple (two 1's). The isolated 'S'. Then the word 'one'. Another lowercase 'L' representing a 1. And then the poem concludes with 'iness', or 'the state of being I.'
samba101 said:Wow lucky you spelt it out for me or I still would be guessing.
retypepassword said:Totally conveys that feeling of loneliness. One on a line by itself? I think the poem's structured in such a way that every line is a part of a "leaf" falling. A leaf falling usually conveys sadness to me.
Edit: The more I reread it or think about it, the more depressed I get... Also, the poem is supposedly written like so:
l(a
le
af
fa
ll
s)
one
l
iness
Someone on some blog commented that Cummings would've had to use the lowercase l on his typewriter to type 1, so loneliness could also be interpreted to be 1-one-1-iness, or one-one-one-ness.
I have to say, this might just be one of my favorite poems. Thanks for sharing.
NeverMore said:retypepassword said:Totally conveys that feeling of loneliness. One on a line by itself? I think the poem's structured in such a way that every line is a part of a "leaf" falling. A leaf falling usually conveys sadness to me.
Edit: The more I reread it or think about it, the more depressed I get... Also, the poem is supposedly written like so:
l(a
le
af
fa
ll
s)
one
l
iness
Someone on some blog commented that Cummings would've had to use the lowercase l on his typewriter to type 1, so loneliness could also be interpreted to be 1-one-1-iness, or one-one-one-ness.
I have to say, this might just be one of my favorite poems. Thanks for sharing.
you shouldn't feel sad when reading it, it makes me feel happy because it is all about making you not feel lonely for a second, the leaf falling is one of those little things that make loneliness go away for a second I think that's why he put it so that it messed up loneliness, a really cool poem thanks for sharing it
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