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[|Images from Google Images] || ** __E.E.Cummings__ LIFE **   **E.E.Cummings** (Edward Estlin) was born on October 14, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the son of Mr. Edward and Rebecca Cummings. E.E. Cummings lived in Cambridge and attended Cambridge Latin High School where he studied Latin and Greek. He was accepted to Harvard University and specialized in Greek. Cummings received a Bachelor Degree along with a Master's in 1916.
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While at Harvard studying different languages he was introduced to writing and artistry. This was due to a teacher named Ezra Pound. E.E. Cummings' very first published poems were revealed in an anthology. In 1917 Cummings volunteered as an ambulance driver in the Norton-Haries Ambulance Corps. While on his way to France Cummings met a recruit named William Brown. The two young men became very close friends and for writing incriminating letters home the two were sent to a concentration camp called La Ferte Mace. This period of Cummings life inflenced his writing.

Due to this event Cummings wrote a poem about it, //The Enormous Room,// which he later published due to the influence of his father. This was one of Cummings poems to start his fame of being a very talented writer.

Cummings' worked using his own structure to reveal meaning in his poems.

Cummings died in 1962. He received a number of honors, including Academy of American Poets Fellowship, two Gunnenheim Fellowships, "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are"
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"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter" ||

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//[|If You like my Poems Let Them]// by E. E. Cummings //[|Skating]// by E. E. Cummings //[|Buffalo Bill's]// by E. E. Cummings [|when god lets my body be] by E. E. Cummings   || The poem titled "Skating" by E.E Cummings, the text taken from famous poets and poems online (http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/e_e_cummings/poems/14332). It compares different seasons of the year, describing each one individually and each one's own characetristics. In the poem, Cummings is suggesting that we look at what each season brings to us. He also tries to convince his readers of why winter is the best of the four seasons. In addition, he suggests that we look at the positive aspects each season brings to us.
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The poem is about what each season brings to us and the different aspects each season has, but how winter has something no other season has. It begins with the the endings of all the seasons coming and going. Cummings is trying to look into each season to find the joy of it all and the different outlook each season has to offer. He seems to like winter because of the joy of gliding on the ice as it freezes in the winter. How it gives him a sense of joy and happiness. In the second stanza he says that each of the seasons bring with them something of happiness, but he says winter was on a different rating and it had greater treasures like no other. The last stanza talks about the part of winter he likes, the snappy weather, being all alone, adn the gliding on the ice. This poem talks about one of the things Cummings always loved about winter. It must have been his favorite season.

In his poem, "Skating," Cummings creates an impact on his readers." Cummings does indeed convince his readers that all four seasons consist of great characteristics, but winter is the best of the four. Elements such as mood and imagery create a strong effect on the impact of his readers. The joyful mood and use of imagery reveal the positive aspects of the seasons due to Cummings experience in all four. But because Cummings chooses the season of winter as his favorite, it makes a reader realize that multiple aspect's of winter are most likely even more wonderful than aspects of the other three seasons in the eyes of some people. "Skating" made an impact on my life and how I feel about the four seasons. Winter use to be my least favoite season. However, after reading the poem and seeing how much joy Cummings found in winter, I thought of all of it's positive aspects. I'm not as dissapointed when its time for winter and its harsh weather to come in. I look at the seasons in a different way, admiring and being thankful for all of the positive aspects they give us.

One element evident in the poem is rhyme.Cummings poem is in ballade from with three stanzas of seven lines. this gives the reader more depth and detail to find a deeper meaning in the poem. Cummings also uses repitition using the same words at the end of each stanza.

Hence, Cummings' poem, "Skating" creates a large impact on all of its readers. The message of his poem states that all four seasons have significant, unique, wonderful characteristics of their own. He also reveals to us why he thinks winter is the best of the four. The best lesson you should take from Cummings' poem is that all four seasons, no matter if you're agreeing with Cummings' favorite or not, are significant in their own way and deserve to be respected. || E.E Cummings. __Academy of American Poets.__ (1997-2008).6 December 2008 .

"E.E.Cummings." __Famous Poets and Poems.__ (2006-2008). 23 November 2008 .

