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.