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An Analysis e.e. cummings' Poem "I thank you god for this most amazing..."

“I thank you god for this most amazing…”
e. e. cummings

“i thank you God for this most amazing day:
for the leaping greenly spirit of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;
and for everything which is natural
which is infinite
which is yes
“(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun’s birthday; this is the birth
day of life of love and wings: and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)
“how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any-lifted from the no
of all nothing-human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?
“(now the years of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)”



The poet, e. e. cummings, uses several poetic devices in this poem. However, because of his unique style, much of his work lacks traditional style and structure. Instead, he uses clever personification, strong symbolism and imagery to convey the messages of his poetry. In this specific poem there are several allusions to th...

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