maggie and milly and molly and may
went down to the beach(to play one day)
and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles,and
milly befriended a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were;
and molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and
may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.
For whatever we lose(like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea
"Edward Estlin Cummings is known for his radical experimentation with form, punctuation, spelling, and syntax; he abandoned traditional techniques and structures to create a new, highly idiosyncratic means of poetic expression."
The
four young women, maggie, milly, molly and may are in the same place – on the
beach. There, they encounter different things. Maggie comes across a shell. A
shell is something small, common and inexpensive. Not many people would be able
to appreciate its special beauty, especially if their lives are full of trouble.
However, Maggie appreciates the shell’s
uniqueness: it can sing. And listening to that song gives her pleasure and
diverts her mind from her trouble. Her reaction to the music created by the
shell tells us that Maggie is someone who has a sensitive soul who responds to
music positively. Similarly, millie discovers a stranded starfish which reminds
her of a star that fallen down to earth. The starfish does not belong on the
beach – it would die should it remain there. So as an act friendship Millie
would have returned the starfish to the sea. Millie sees the importance of
something as small as a stranded starfish. This tells us that she is someone
who loves every living thing. Molly on the other hand is frightened by nature.
This tells us that she is not familiar with the natural world like her friends,
Maggie and milly. Lastly, may finds a small stone on the beach. It is like a
miniature Earth – because it has come from Earth and it contains parts of
Earth May identifies the connections
between things in nature. However, the stone has no friends. This signals lack
of friendship in may’s life. All in all, what the girls find noteworthy tells
us more about them .
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