Sunday, February 21, 2010

in Just—

in Just— by e. e. cummings

in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lam balloonman

whistles far and wee

and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring

when the world is puddle-wonderful

the queer
old balloonman whitles
far and wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing

from hop-scotch and jump-rope and

it's
spring
and
the

goat-footed

balloonMan whistles
far
and
wee

One thing that I liked about this poem was the allusion used in this poem. It was very interesting to see how the two connected to each other.
One thing that I disliked about this poem was how it was set up. I guess the author did that for a purpose on how to read it or something, but I did not like it.
One thing that confused me about this poem was why these kids kept going near this skeptical balloonman. He is a very skeptical character in this poem.

The main poetic device used in this poem was allusions. An allusion is a reference to something in history or previous literature. The allusion in this poem was the reference to the balloon man being goat-footed. This refers to Pan who was half man/half goat. He played the pipes to bring attention to himself from other people just like the balloonman is doing.

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