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wonderful overlapping
the irony roams through this, the delicate observation that isn't just for describing nature in gasp sputtering speech... even a single event oddly at that which yet really becomes a megaphone to tell of like one lonely --
but no one knows enough the ratio for the integrity but the fraction when rare half is found to think of other to sum, except in self perhaps not sympathy by path poem puts you on to sample parenthetically
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Death
From guest Lou Mazero (contact)
Perhaps, when we let go of the last breath of life, release our hold on the tree of life, take the journey from one state of being to the next, we are alone, we die alone. -
Thank you for your poem
From guest Willie Springer (contact)
I was really amazed at the first sight of this list of words in a straight line. 9 lines, what is this and what is the poetic trying to said to me? I read it over and over. At first I thought that it was just some word that was listed and the rest of the words were left out. I was really amaze after I sit down and went over it and over it. I said who in their right mind would do something like this and pretend to call this a poem. How can a person publish something like this and get credit for. Where this poet mind and what was it that he wanted me, as a reader to get from his poem. The question is what make a poem a poem and how do a person go about analyzing such a poem First of all in my analyzing e.e.Cummings poem I saw that the structure of the poem was in a straight line that why I call the poem it, because it made no sense to me. Then I start to play with words. So I put the words side by side and said this goes together 1(aleaffalls) oneliness had a hard time with the last part until I remember my math. Take out the quote; I was so amaze of what I came up with. I was so happy. (a leaf fall) loneliness. I had two words. My question was this, what the poetic wanted from me. I think so. Words could be fun if you do not give up e.e. Cummings became a favored of mine, Because, it took a master mind to think this one up. I show it to everybody at work. Now I was thinking of the behalf of e.e. Cummings that he had my mind working. But what was the interpretation of this poem. What was he trying to say to me? (a leaf fall) Loneliness when I use the denotation of these two words. I can say that a leaf fall from the tree and that loneliness means to be along. That Denotation was to easy for the author to put so much time into it. So I vision live connotation of a leaf falling and loneliness. To my analyzing this poem I through and imaging about a leaf falling from a tree. This means that summer is all most over and the fall season is about to arrived. Leaf was some that was notice. I think that Cummings wanted his reader’s to think about the loneliness of this falling leaf once this leaf was hanging from the vine or line of a beautiful tree and now I am falling lonely and about to die. Fall vs. loneliness vs. death. Somehow I received a visual imagery of waiting for that leaf to fall. It had no auditory so I sense that it was lonely when it hit the ground. We have literal and figurative term applied to Cummings poem this poem was in the metaphors contents. This poem was non-traditional work of art, in my conclusion I believed that Cummings Was a work of poetic creativity, a poem that you do not find everyday? In my finally conclusion this work make it a it when I first look at Cummings write to call it an masterpiece of good poetry. Not only it works you and your mind visual, but it touches the meaning of two words. I did not know two words could means so much Thank you for sharing your poem with the world -
From guest Tim (contact)
there is also oneliness in the word. and though no leaf falls the same as another, they all still fall, and are as one. -
in
From guest Melanie (contact)
but (a leaf falls) is inside loneliness. a leaf falls in loneliness, not after or before or seperate from, but in. -
On?
From guest Jake (contact)
I don't see a 'on' or and 'in' in this poem. If you put it all together it reads as: l(a leaf falls)oneliness Without the parentheses it simple says "Loneliness" with a parentheses saying "a leaf falls". -
senryu?
From guest k2hsharpe (contact)
for me a senryu (a persons's world revealed by a moment contained within that world) the person's world - isolation the moment - a bittersweet sadness in autumn a leaf falls ... loneliness -
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acrostic pems
From guest katherine velez (contact)
i think these poems are so easy 2 make. i love them because they are so cool. -
O(w)n-Lee L(one)ly
From guest lulu lopez (contact)
Loneliness contains the words "one" and "lines", like the word frustrated contains the words "rust" and "rate". In other words, in loneliness a person runs on one's own lines. And the frustrated person has his rust rate according to which he slowly undergoes oxidation. -
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From guest eric (contact)
absolutely my favorite poem, from its visual punch, the movement of the leaf, to his view of the leaf falling as the epitome/ebodiment of lonliness - an extremely moving work of art -
From guest gene b (contact)
sorry to bother but maybe you can help me,,,, did cummings have a one word poem, and if so do you know what it was titled -
found
From guest katrina (contact)
my teacher gave me the assingment to find out who wrote this mind thought peom. no one in my class could guess. so i came home and did my home work and i just barly get on the computer. i go to google and type in falling leaves, loneliness and the second one from the top is this sight.i was so happy that i found this so fast! thank you so much! -
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From guest wouldntyouliketoknow (contact)
its all about the number 1 and loneliness. the first "l" at the beginning, what does it look like? the number 1. the letter a, what is it's number corospondant? the number 1. the way the word "loneliness" is split up, what does the line right after the paranthesis end say? the word one. the line after that, what does the "l" look like? the number 1. Also, the way the words in the parenthesis are arranged mean something. it is like a leaf falling. the vowels and consonates alternate sides to create the appearance of a leaf falling, and the a represents the top of the tree, just as the two "l"s represent part of the lower trunk. the "s" represents the soil, where new seeds are planted and hope is started. -
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A very fine write. This poet is the one from whom, along with a friend of min, I got the idea of writing one word per line poems. I find his work to be rather intriguing. -
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the profundity of making a connection is then without the fun or relief from pointing it out as a human entirely it seems, reinforced by 'one' coming off this moment.
a common element not in commoness almost
Specifics are not quite encouraging to resolve but getting how away from the crowd maybe.
the crux of the creativity resiliency is counted rather for 'l' to follow as a word for no whines... as phonetically can have basis in conclusion.
I so relate to clarity not having all its levels yet,
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p.s. the uniqueness in a time of challenge is echoed around cells possibly, for more than just layers over discharge -
extra took place
I reviewed this earlier yet it flowered a new direction too, even technically (not floored)
the line break usage is very minimized to get the accentuation from such use immediately. I mentioned how one syllable in splitting spellings brings up momentary drifts of thought to be tied to before it just has its ultimate general place of dropping. but uniquely the the 'af' predominatly names after as recording the sequence of seeing and feeling such things. but it's a blink as is the explanation entirely.
there's a fondness with finding something here,
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e e cummings gets me thinking fast each time with this
the shape isn't of habit but event
this is so exquisite sort of as a branding haiku of heightening impact.
the word lonliness is begun with demonstrative reaction to the gravity felt in a leaf falling. [An odd dawning of what's on mind finally almost. It mirrors slowly, intensely by surroundings seen.]
The fluttering wriggling of those observational words gives an emotional eye to this. The timing produces a recognition for us to understand... Yet the 'le' element in these lines reflects somewhat a french foreigness
the 'fa' of the singing note in minor that comes up is very wistful with almost tally marks following in the 'll''s spelling out {doubly} what is happening/happened
the whirr of the 's' stirs the mouth to one thing that is finishing
I am impressed with this as to make a postcard of the importance of overlapping feelings with physical value to express it, as though poetry puts the ineffable onto the lips by looking. Meticulous breakdown put together --
It's as short as ding resonates ~
wonderful : I'll want to go longer whenever I periodically go over it again. It makes me tear to see the parentheses plopping of the letters and from there whole language is cleared relatively. The *lines* had gotten an inspiring! to be poured, pored
poetically the alliteration is resoundingly so overall through extremes
I'm so glad I discovered this with such care that could be expanded or contracted,
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great poem
From guest marjan (contact)
one of the greatest poems i've ever read. archetypal elements put together in the form of pattern poetry -
i've always loved this one.... it's so brilliant... ee was a genious..
looooved it
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The font is used to gain,as near as possible, the same effect as in the published work.
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reinforcements of uncomfortable
This was a fidgety piece with a waxy end not having its wane without a me too wedged in for a treasurable break down of a crashing.
The le of leaf is the each i.e. fluttering forth and the af is the after. The fa of falls is a note that has us succomb to thinking of father on the family tree, while "ll" is full of lulls and also looks like the II! (sorts as 2 i capitalized, the 2nd, similarities)
The s) looks to me like a pluralization closed off.
Next, the "one" viewing it has crosswired subjects that cut as the other is reintroduced. The l then is lingering like a love that isn't 'greenly,' a word of his elsewhere for an enrichment of growth and not disconnectedness.
Lastly, what's left is the "iness,"
an essential oneliness known but the when is for imaginations as it's been mentioned there was a picturing of it as the final falling. Yet it was anonymous with maybes as if the penultimate or any piddling middling... there was no unanimous view... however, how it at once can make for empathy (for a middle child unnoticed etcetera or whatever chills.)
This piece sensitively gave lenses with his parentheses like thumb feelers on syllables and letters that are inseparable in concepts' documentation of flippings too. The nudges can be microscopial.
sparking was backed by e e
I am constantly at forks in the roads with words. For instance brakes or Brazil nuts?/ pink cheeks or pink eye?/ 17 or a different fast? And now, informationally, I have tinnitus with lime as immune immune and not just for uno as there is a recrossing over pregnancy menus with researching resurfacing for loomings being on whether with or without a locomotive. Mean isn't going by meaning or not knowing what's meant entirely.
I don't do this poem's parralelization illiteratively or intimately as well but I do see my elbows as opposite directed grasshopper's legs when I lean down by them that are rarely in akimbo or ejection modes! -
I do like the arrangement of the vowels and consonants in the lines that express "a leaf falls". The way it is set, alternatively, it's like the leaf is spiralling downward, each time showing its other face, like back front back front. and where the "one" comes in the 7th line, it's like it's swaying a little upward, and then a last turn and then a hiss to a stop. The hissing sound also depicts the silence.. almost like "Shhhh... let it now rest in peace..."
Autumn season and maple leaves falling is what I've always seen as beautiful yet sad. Autumn itself is a season of loneliness. Even people like to take lonely walks on a leaf littered path. And it has this ancient/old look to it with that brown crumpled colour... I'm always awed at poetry that uses the least words to evoke multitudes of sentiments and images...
In this poem, it could also be the last leaf of the tree, and of the season. Now isn't that stunning? -
i've never loved an english poem like this
in loneliness
a leaf danced
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my understanding is that there is something in the last line which nobody cared. e e cummings is mostly a composer than a poet, and especially this one is a sound poem. the 'iness' line suggests the hissing sound while the leaf has fallen and people walk on it. and if look at the poem visually you see that the last line is longer thus suggesting a flat fall after meandering in the air while falling. it's then not only on loneliness but on fall, the fall to loneliness, and this fall may bring to mind Albert Camus' The Fall , and all about absurdity of a lonely life. life itself is a fall when the baby is born hitting the world headfirst...
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Actually, every other time I've seen it there's been an l and not a one. It is loneliness. Tatterhood does, in fact, know what he's talking about.
But I really love this poem. It's always made me think of a single leaf falling as a part of loneliness, which is why it's inside the word. Though I could be digging too deep or completely missing the point.
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Actually, Tatterhood is correct. There is no numeric one.
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This poem expresses several views I think. It not only shows how at times, life can be lonely and you can be on your own, but that things will get better because even though a leaf falls in loneliness, next sping they all come back and are all united on a tree. This poem also shows how at times, you need to be on your own, to make your own mistakes and learn from them. I think it also shows how being lonely even for one day can feel like an entire season. I just love e.e. cummings!!!
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it is indeed a 1.
the beauty of this poem is that the actual letters are "a leaf falls one l iness"
but when read the intended way, the l fuses itself back upwards to create the words "on loneliness".
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I have loved this poem since the first time I saw it in me Honors Lit class 2 years ago. My teacher had it posted up on the wall and as extra credit, dared us to figure out what it said/meant/etc... I love how the poem talks about loneliness, and the actual poem itself looks like a "1". Wonderful. I love e.e. cummings..
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this translates into l(a leaf falls)oneliness, or splitting it into the inside and outside of the parenthetical separation (a leaf falls) lonliness. There is no numeric 1.
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