Cummings' use of structure and syntax contribute greatly to how the poem is interpreted.The most obvious thing one can see by just looking at the poem is that all words are in lower case with the exception of "You- and "God.""The capitalization of these two principal words occurs because the speaker is actively thanking and praising God throughout the poem.Since he feels that God is a much higher being, he capitalizes the name God and the pronoun used in reference to him.Although Cummings can show the speaker's feelings of extreme reverence through metaphors and symbols within the po...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

There is no regard to stress or traditional use of rhyme. ... The first line ends with a one-syllable (masculine) 'wings', and concludes on the second line with a two-syllable (feminine), rhyming 'markings'. ... The auther notes that the Martian does not know the words for "cry" or "laugh", and he uses metaphors to describe how the reader reacts to the effects of books "eyes to melt" (cry) and the "body to shriek without pain" (laugh). ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

There is no regard to stress or traditional use of rhyme. ... The first line ends with a one-syllable (masculine) 'wings', and concludes on the second line with a two-syllable (feminine), rhyming 'markings'. ... The auther notes that the Martian does not know the words for "cry" or "laugh", and he uses metaphors to describe how the reader reacts to the effects of books "eyes to melt" (cry) and the "body to shriek without pain" (laugh). ...

• Word Count: 1520
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School