Homework Help: literature/peotry

Posted by Angela on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 11:57am.

why did e. e. cummings write the poem Mariann Morre

--M in a vicious world-to love virtue
A in a craven world-to have courage
R in a treacherous world-to prove loyal
I in a wavering world-to stand firm

A in a cruel world-to show mercy
N in a biased world-to act justly
N in a shameless world-to live nobly
E in a hateful world-to forgive

M in a venal world-to be honest
O in a heartless world-to be human
O in a killing world-to create
R in a sick world-to be whole

E in an epoch of UNself-to be ONEself

literature/peotry - GuruBlue, Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 12:28pm
Moore and cummings were part of a group of poets who exemplified the early 20th century. They were friends and "fellow commentors" on the times they lived in.

Here is an interesting site on Moore. Check out her bio, and her essay on poetry.

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/moore/moore.htm

This is an analysis of Moore's style, which will give you an idea of why cummings wrote the poem as he did
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE2DE1F3FF937A35752C0A9629C8B63

Here is a site to some letters that Moore wrote to her fellow poets.
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16808
literature/peotry - SraJMcGin, Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 12:35pm
Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. First of all, you should know who she was:

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/mmoor.htm

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/moore/life.htm

In addition, be sure you spell her name correctly. Did you look at the shape of the poem? Each and every line begins with a letter from her name.
literature/peotry - SraJMcGin, Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 12:38pm
P.S.

Main Entry: acros·tic
Pronunciation: &-'kros-tik, -'kräs-
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French & Greek; Middle French acrostiche, from Greek akrostichis, from akr- acr- + stichos line; akin to steichein to go —more at STAIR
Date: 1530
1 : a composition usually in verse in which sets of letters (as the initial or final letters of the lines) taken in order form a word or phrase or a regular sequence of letters of the alphabet
2 : ACRONYM
- acrostic also acros.ti.cal adjective
- acros·ti·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb

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