EE cummings

            
             One of America's noted modern poets, Edward Estlin Cummings, was born on October 14, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As the son of Pastor Doctor Edward Cummings and his wife Rebecca, young Edward was afforded the luxuries of growing up in one of Cambridge's progressive households. E. E. Cummings' father was educated in divinity and social sciences at Harvard and them studied abroad at Oxford. Upon returning to America, he became a professor of English, political economics and social sciences at Harvard. After his career at Harvard, Mr. Cummings became the pastor at the South Congregational Society, Unitarian, of Boston. Mrs. Rebecca Cummings was described as an "inherited Unitarian- who believed that "health and a sense of humor were indispensable factors in life-. (Norman 18) With two supportive parents and a family home full of adventures, young Edward was provided with the proper setting to develop his unique views and perception of the arts. .
             The Cumming's household held many adventures for Edward and his younger sister Elizabeth. Living with both parents, two siblings, a grandmother, aunt, uncle, family friend and two house assistants, afforded young Edward with the freedom to play and roam with his imagination. The rambling garden, the tree house and the third floor rooms of the family home offered hours of entertainment for the Cumming's children. One childhood occurrence that sparked the poem in Just (1923) arose from memories of playing with neighborhood children and the excitement brought on during the visits from the balloon man, which also signaled the first signs of spring. .
             Edward Estlin's early education consisted of a private school, where he "learned nothing and burst into tears and nosebleeds- (Norman 33) and then on to three public schools. Cambridge High and Latin School was the school that inevitably prepared him for Harvard. Edward entered Harvard in the Fall of 1911.