nobody loses all the time - E.E.Cummings Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
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What is the structure of nobody loses all the time?
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- lack/scarce capitalisation
- lack of punctuation + encampment
- choppy
- experimental poetry
- Anecdotal
- free verse
2
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What type of poetry is nobody loses all the time?
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- elegiac poetry: humorous tone, no meter, narrative poem
3
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How is irony portrayed in nobody loses all the time?
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- the song Sol sang foreshadows his own death
- discord in register = slang + formal language
- decease is not “auspicious” (fortunate)
- brackets on Sol’s death —> his only success + insignificance (sort of like a punch line)
4
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What are 2 ways of reading nobody loses all the time?
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