In Just by E.E. Cummings
in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman
whistles far and wee
and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's spring
when the world is puddle-wonderful
the queer
old balloonman whistles
far and wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing
from hop-scotch and jump-rope and
it's spring
and the goat-footed
balloonMan whistles
far
and
wee
This is a poem clearly about childhood. Cummings seems to have specific memories of some of the things that he did and enjoyed as a child. Cummings uses words like hop-scotch, mud, and balloonman to create imagery of playing with your friends at a park of some sort. This poem has some hyperboles like the strange words and irregular poem format that is included. Cummings describes a balloon man as being goat footed which is an example of personification. This poem is joyful and reminds me of some of the memories of my very own childhood.
in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman
whistles far and wee
and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's spring
when the world is puddle-wonderful
the queer
old balloonman whistles
far and wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing
from hop-scotch and jump-rope and
it's spring
and the goat-footed
balloonMan whistles
far
and
wee
This is a poem clearly about childhood. Cummings seems to have specific memories of some of the things that he did and enjoyed as a child. Cummings uses words like hop-scotch, mud, and balloonman to create imagery of playing with your friends at a park of some sort. This poem has some hyperboles like the strange words and irregular poem format that is included. Cummings describes a balloon man as being goat footed which is an example of personification. This poem is joyful and reminds me of some of the memories of my very own childhood.