E. E. Cummings: "In Just" - Discuss

Question 1

note

Answer 1

• light-hearted, playful tone that is meant to mirror the delightfulness of spring

Question 2

in his poem “in Just” e.e. cummings combines the names of the boys – eddyandbill – as well as

Answer 2

the names of the girls – “bettyandisabel”

Question 3

in his poem “in Just” e.e. cummings achieves a different emphasis on the repeated words “far and wee” (Lines 5, 14, and 23-25) by

Answer 3

varying the spacing between words and then putting each word on a separate line

Question 4

in his poem “in Just” e.e. cummings gives a special emphasis to baloonman at the end of the poem (Line 22) by

Answer 4

capitalizing “Man”

Question 5

in his poem “in Just” e.e. cummings uses the modernist emphasis on imagery to paint a vivid image of spring with words and phrases like

Answer 5

“when the world is mud-luscious” and “when the world is puddle-wonderful”

Question 6

the poet e.e. cummings in his poem “in Just” uses clear, concise, compressed language to create a vivid image, such as

Answer 6

line 11 – “puddle-wonderful”