1. E.E. Cummings “what if a much of a which of a wind”
“somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond”

2. E.E. Cummings
Edwin Estlin Cummings was born in Cambridge , Massachusetts – son of a Unitarian minister
Attended Harvard during the Imagist movement
Allowed him to experiment and break old traditions in his writing
Graduated from Harvard in the midst of WWI
Volunteered before American involvement (ambulance corps)
Arrested and imprisoned through a French censor – Intercepted one of his typographically odd letters – suspicion of espionage – Released three months later
He drew on the above experience to produce his first book of prose The Enormous Room (1922)
Prime example of rugged individualism
Felt poetry was a question of individuality
Altered conventional English syntax - made typography and the division of words part of the shape and meaning of a poem

3. E.E. Cummings After WWI, he returned to France
Refined the eccentric shifts of syntax and typography that would soon become his trademark
In 1923, he published his first collection of poetry, Tulips and Chimneys, followed by XLI Poems (1925), and is 5 (1926)
His poetry is often marked by celebration of love, nature’s beauty, and an almost Transcendentalist affirmation of the individual
He reserved his mischievous wit for satires meant for urban humans
Died in the United States after spending his final time between an apartment in NYC and a lake house in New Hampshire