American Lit. II: E.E. Cummings poetry

Edward Estlin Cummings was an innovator of poetry during his time. In his work it was common for Cummings to tinker with the form, spelling, syntax, and punctuation. This led to his abandoning of the traditional styles of creating poetry and caused his unique style to be the way it was. In the later parts of his career, Cummings received much criticism for not continuing to tweak his unique style of writing, but Cummings easily maintained a large audience, mainly among young readers of the day due to his simple language and willingness to talk about subject matter such as war and sex.