E.E Cummings uses a signfificant amount of imagery in his poem, "next to of course god america i". Lines 8-10 illustrate a picture of the patriotic soldiers going off to battle. He compares these soldiers to lions. "..why talk of beauty what could be more beautiful than these heroic happy dead who rushed like lions to the roaring slaughter.." The words such as beautiful, heroic, happy, dead describe the soldiers in greater detail than the comparison to the lions. For me, these specific lines paint a pretty vivid portrait of the scene. I can see lions running off to battle, feeling fierce, heroic, and looking of great beauty as they pursue their prey.
No comments:
Post a Comment