WRITING PROMPT
e.e. cumings printed his name without using capital letters, and he often chose not to follow grammar rules in his poems. This poem, for example, has
unusual punctuation (no periods, no spaces after commas or before parentheses, etc.) and no capitals. How does that affect the way you read the poem? What impact does it have on the mood and meaning? Explain the poet's choices about punctuation and capitalization. Be sure to use details from the text to support your answer.