anyone lived in a pretty how town

Question 1

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anyone lived in a pretty how town…

Answer 1

[anyone lived in a pretty how town]
By E. E. Cummings

anyone lived in a pretty how town
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn’t he danced his did.

Question 2

anyone lived in a pretty how town – 2

Women and men(both little and small)…

Answer 2

Women and men(both little and small)
cared for anyone not at all
they sowed their isn’t they reaped their same
sun moon stars rain

Question 3

anyone lived in a pretty how town -- 3
children guessed(but only a few...

Answer 3

children guessed(but only a few
and down they forgot as up they grew
autumn winter spring summer)
that noone loved him more by more

Question 4

anyone lived in a pretty how town – 4

when by now and tree by leaf…

Answer 4

when by now and tree by leaf
she laughed his joy she cried his grief
bird by snow and stir by still
anyone’s any was all to her

Question 5

anyone lived in a pretty how town – 5

someones married their everyones…

Answer 5

someones married their everyones
laughed their cryings and did their dance
(sleep wake hope and then)they
said their nevers they slept their dream

Question 6

anyone lived in a pretty how town – 6

stars rain sun moon…

Answer 6

stars rain sun moon
(and only the snow can begin to explain
how children are apt to forget to remember
with up so floating many bells down)

Question 7

anyone lived in a pretty how town – 7

one day anyone died i guess…

Answer 7

one day anyone died i guess
(and noone stooped to kiss his face)
busy folk buried them side by side
little by little and was by was

Question 8

anyone lived in a pretty how town – 8

all by all and deep by deep…

Answer 8

all by all and deep by deep
and more by more they dream their sleep
noone and anyone earth by april
wish by spirit and if by yes.

Question 9

anyone lived in a pretty how town – 9

Women and men(both dong and ding)…

Answer 9

Women and men(both dong and ding)
summer autumn winter spring
reaped their sowing and went their came
sun moon stars rain

E.E. Cummings, “[anyone lived in a pretty how town]” from Complete Poems 1904-1962, edited by George J. Firmage. Copyright 1926, 1954, 1991 by the Trustees for the E.E. Cummings Trust. Copyright © 1985 by George James Firmage. Reprinted with the permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation.
Source: Complete Poems 1904-1962 (Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1994)