am was. are leaves few this. is these a or

Read 'am was. are leaves few this. is these a or' by 'Edward Estlin (E E) Cummings' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

am was. are leaves few this. is these a or by Edward Estlin (E E) Cummings

am was. are leaves few this. is these a or

scratchily over which of earth dragged once
-ful leaf. ; were who skies clutch an of poor
how colding hereless. air theres what immense
live without every dancing. singless on-
ly a child's eyes float silently down
more than two those that and that noing our
gone snow gone
yours mine
. We're
alive and shall be:cities may overflow(am
was)assassinating whole grassblades five
ideas can swallow a man;three words im
-prison a woman for all her now:but we've
such freedom such intense digestion so
much greenness only dying makes us grow


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