E. E. Cummings: "In Just" - Read Flashcards

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note

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  • playing with capitalization and spelling

- repetition

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in his poem “in Just” e.e. cummings uses the repetition _______ for emphasis and to give the poem continuity

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whistles far and wee

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line 4 of e.e. cummings’ poem “in Just,” is an example of the poet’s

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discarding of traditional spacing

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in his poem “in Just” e.e. cummings changes his description of the baloonman from

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little lame, to queer old, to goat-footed

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the poet e.e. cummings abandoned traditional rules of spelling, grammar, and capitalization

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as part of his playful and innovative approach to language

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in his poem “in Just” what repeated image does e.e. cummings use that has the effect of giving continuity in the poem

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the baloonman

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the poem “in Just” by e.e. cummings is written in the poetic form of

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free verse

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in his poem “in Just,” e.e. cummings abandons traditional rules of spacing

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for emphasis and to make the reader think

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the poem “in Just” by e.e. cummins is

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an imagist poem

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the unconventional grammar, spelling, and spacing used by e.e. cummings in his poetry

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influenced many other poets of the Modernist Movement

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