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  • Essay / Since feeling is first - 1117

    The poem “since feeling is first” is written by EE Cummings in stanza form with a total number of 16 lines. Sentences contain no more than nine words and no fewer than four words. It is about a man expressing his love to his beloved women. Cummings uses literary devices such as; metaphor, personification, imagery and denotation to express one's feelings. “Since Feeling Is First” is a romantic poem that teaches a lesson about life. His use of literary devices makes the poem appealing to the readers. “Since feeling is first” is a free verse poem and the speaker is a specific character who is the first person. The character Cumming created is a man deeply in love. This poem has sixteen lines in total and is structured in stanza form. Stanzas are grouped with syntax errors. There is no proper punctuation which makes the reader confused about the pauses and there is enjambment; where the lines are broken after the completion of the reflection. For example, the first stanza contains four lines and these four lines do not have proper punctuation. To make sense of this stanza, it is appropriate to read it together. The author intentionally made this syntax error because he compares life to a paragraph (line 15). He had to show that life is not structured like a paragraph. Life does not have the logical order contained in the paragraph. The speaker of this poem is a man who is in love and believes there is nothing better. The speaker's tone is romantic and realistic. Literally, the speaker is in love and he believes that nothing is greater than love. There is nothing that can come between love. Figuratively speaking, the poem is about people who forget to achieve the big things in life because they pay attention to the trivial things and tend to lose some... middle of paper ... It seems like the death is something. no need to think about it in life. If we think about death, we frown and forget to have fun. Death is a stage we will all encounter, so let's not think about it. As for imagery, one could say that thoughts are less important than feelings. If we think about thoughts, we tend to neglect the feeling that is most important in life. If we reason with the thoughts produced, then the feelings will be ignored and something that gives meaning to life will be rejected. This could be considered an irony in today's world. In today's world, people think about everything that happens in their lives. They pay attention to minor details thinking it will improve their life and at the same time they will lose something important. This loss is not realized until a tragedy occurs and the mistakes are realized..