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||< ==Biography ==  Edward Estlin Cummings was born October 14, 1894 in Cambridge. Massachusetts. He began writing poems as young as ten years old and studied Latin and Greek in high school. He studied at Harvard and got his Bachelors degree. In 1917 Cummings published his first poems. In College, E.E. Cummings was introduced to the writings of Ezra Pound who was a large influence on him. His father’s background was also a large influence toward his poems. He went to France as an ambulance driver during the World War II. He was later sent to a concentration camp. This experience was a huge impact on his writing career. Cummings was released and returned back to the states. He was later drafted to war that July. Later in life his father died which helped him further his writing. Cummings traveled around the world publishing many of his poems. During his lifetime he received a number of honors. E.E. Cummings died September 3, 1962 and was the second most widely read poet.

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//[|I Shall Imagine Life]//  //[|Little Tree]//  //A Pretty Day//  //[|I Carry Your Heart With Me]

[|I Am A Little Church]//

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Explication of "I Am A Little Church" <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">In this poem E.E. Cummings is living in a far away place from the city who's concern is to escape the noise and stress of a cities life. The author's tone seems like a person who would live anywhere as long as he's alone and in peace. He says that he is in peace with nature far from the frantic cities, so he might be referring to people who question his lifestyle or question where he lives. His audience might be people who live in the cities or in urbanize areas.

<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Cummings takes the form of a small church that is located in a silent and mountainous place. Cummings seemed like he was feed up with having people questioning his life. He also seemed bitter when he wrote this poem to his audience. His audience would guess so because he keeps stating different points on why he likes where he lives. Cummings would be motivated by trusting and having hope in what he believes in and not what others think. E.E. Cummings was very successful in telling his conflicts and concerns in "I Am A Little Church" to any kind of audiences   **<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">   **

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Sources Eich,Marty.”E.E. Cummings Biography” 2008 __Famous Poet and Poems__. 9 Dec.2008 < http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/e__e__cummings/biography> “E.E. Cummings” 2008 by Academy of American Poets. 1 Dec. 2008 < http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/156 >

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