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A Beautiful Poem
I thought I'd post something totally different and share what I think is a wonderful poem written by e.e. cummings I think that it is a great poem that describes true love, which is something we all seek. I hope that it displays properly in this posting so that the verses are separated like they were written
i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)
~e. e. cummings
i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)
~e. e. cummings
The great test will be when iit is time to appraise e e cummings along side the acknowledged greats of poetry.
When it comes to writing poetry, many modern opinions are that poems don't need to rhyme. While it was the traditional way of writing poetry, many people today find the traditional structures too restricting and limiting. This is one reason why today people believe that poems don't need to rhyme.
Ezra Pound was believed by many to be the modern poet to spearhead the free verse movement. Pound was a long-time studier of poetry and believed that poets should study the traditions of the art before moving beyond them. This is to say that while he practiced free verse and many of his poems did not rhyme, he first started with formal poetry and learned the traditions, history and formal customs before moving on to do things his own way.
One reason why poems don't need to rhyme is that the forced rhyme can be awkward and not fit well into the flow of the poem. When trying to force a rhyme, you may lose the meaning you were going for with the poem and in many cases, it comes out cheesy or just complicated to read.
Some poets today find that they write some poems that rhyme and probably more that don't. Other write with partial rhyming in a poem but no strict meter or rhyming rules. But just because free verse is popular today doesn't mean you can scratch a bunch of words onto paper and call it a poem. There should still be structure, flow and a point. But there doesn't necessarily have to be rhyme.