1. “a man who had fallen among thieves”
By e.e cummings

2. Period 4: Honors World Literature Mr. Berkowitz
PRESENTED BY: Carlos Chavarria David Calderon Ben Kaser Adriana Arellano Miguel Gomez
Period 4: Honors World Literature
Mr. Berkowitz

3. About e.e. cummings
Edward Estlin Cummings was born on October 14, 1894 in Cambridge Massachusetts.
He moved to Paris, France and fell in love with the city and his service in the Ambulance Corps.
His mom encouraged him to read poetry and this sparked his interest in writing poetry.
He was arrested by the French police due to the fact that he supported the German
In addition to poetry, he was a Playwriter, Artist and an Author.
After being released from prison he left France and moved to the United States.
He attended Cambridge Latin High School.
He died on September 3rd 1932 in North Conway, New Hampshire from a stroke.
He is remembered as a literary legacy.

4. The Good Samaritan (Vincent van Gogh 1890)

5. “a man who had fallen among thieves” a man who had fallen among thieves lay by the roadside on his back dressed in fifteenthrate ideas wearing a round jeer for a hat fate per a somewhat more than less emancipated evening had in return for consciousness endowed him with a changeless grin whereon a dozen staunch and leal citizens did graze at pause then fired by hypercivic zeal sought newer pastures or because
This man had gotten into trouble and was beaten unconscious.
He was being ridiculed as he laid on the ground.
It takes away his consciousness and exchanged it with happiness.
As the man laid on the ground, many civilians passed on by ignoring him.
Citizen felt as if they were doing the right thing by ignoring the man.
Cummings refers to them as sheep

6. He was hurt to the point where he can not get up.
swaddled with a frozen brook of pinkest vomit out of eyes which noticed nobody he looked as if he did not care to rise one hand did nothing on the vest its wideflung friend clenched weakly dirt while the mute trouserfly confessed a button solemnly inert. Brushing from whom the stiffened puke i put him all into my arms a and staggered banged with terror through a million billion trillion stars
He is unconscious inside of a brook. The frozen brook also represents death.
His eyes have ruptured and he can no longer see anything or anyone. Or they are possible black eyes
He was hurt to the point where he can not get up.
Personification is used with the button and the trouserfly, giving them human qualities. The button is so sad that it cannot move.
He brushes off the vomit and picks up the man.
He is unconscious while he is carried through the city.

7. Important Definitions
Fifteenthrate: low class.
Jeer: to mock.
Emancipated: free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberated.
Endowed: give or bequeath an income or property to (a person or institution).
Staunch: loyal and committed in attitude.
Leal: loyal and honest.
Graze: to eat grass in a field.
Swaddled: to wrap in garments or clothes.
Brook: a small stream.
Trouserfly: piece fabric that covers the zipper.
Solemnly: gravely or somberly impressive.
Inert: lacking the ability or strength to move.

8. Definitions (cont’d)
staggered: astonish or deeply shocked

9. About the Poem It is a parable of “The Good Samaritan.”
The poem is composed of 6 quatrains.
The possible theme is compassion for others in need or treat others the way you would like to be treated.
Rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL.
No meter

10. man who had fallen among thieves lay by the roadside on his back dressed in fifteenthrate ideas wearing a round jeer for a hat fate per a somewhat more than less emancipated evening had in return for consciousness endowed him with a changeless grin whereon a dozen staunch and leal citizens did graze at pause then fired by hypercivic zeal sought newer pastures or because

11. swaddled with a frozen brook of pinkest vomit out of eyes which noticed nobody he looked as if he did not care to rise one hand did nothing on the vest its wideflung friend clenched weakly dirt while the mute trouserfly confessed a button solemnly inert. Brushing from whom the stiffened puke i put him all into my arms and staggered banged with terror through a million billion trillion stars.

12. Examples of Literary Devices
Line 6: “emancipated evening” Alliteration rhyme
Line 15: “which noticed nobody he looked“ Alliteration rhyme
Line 18: "its wide flung friend clenched weakly dirt" Oxymoron
Lines 19-20: "while the mute trouserfly confessed" Paradox
Line 24: “a million billion trillion stars” Hyperbole