it is at moments after i have dreamed

Read 'it is at moments after i have dreamed' by 'Edward Estlin (E E) Cummings' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

it is at moments after i have dreamed by Edward Estlin (E E) Cummings

it is at moments after i have dreamed
of the rare entertainment of your eyes,
when (being fool to fancy) i have deemed

with your peculiar mouth my heart made wise;
at moments when the glassy darkness holds

the genuine apparition of your smile
(it was through tears always)and silence moulds
such strangeness as was mine a little while;

moments when my once more illustrious arms
are filled with fascination, when my breast
wears the intolerant brightness of your charms:

one pierced moment whiter than the rest

-turning from the tremendous lie of sleep
i watch the roses of the day grow deep.

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