E. E. Cummings liked to experiment. In this poem about loneliness, you can see that small loneliness of being "1" alone. The poem is arranged to highlight this "oneness." And this is a poem. Not all poems rhyme, or have meter. There's no figure of speech and cannot even be read aloud because of its fragmented words. But it does have imagery. The arrangement itself is a symbol of "oneness."
1 (a
1 (a
le
af
fa
ll
s)
one
1
iness
Clever, isn't it? It makes you think to decipher the letters: a leaf falls. It conveys the loneliness of being "one." It also mimics the fall of a leaf, slowly descending down, down, and down.
1 (a
1 (a
le
af
fa
ll
s)
one
1
iness
Clever, isn't it? It makes you think to decipher the letters: a leaf falls. It conveys the loneliness of being "one." It also mimics the fall of a leaf, slowly descending down, down, and down.
