Is 5 by E. E. Cummings
"Is 5 by E. E. Cummings" is a collection of poems written in the early 20th century. The book explores modern urban life, love and desire, war and nationalism, and the spectacle of American and European culture through experimental language, typography, and voice. The poems move from sharp city vignettes and character sketches (barrooms, chorus girls, hustlers, and “five Americans”) into satirical takes on advertising, art, and patriotic bombast, then to antiwar
pieces that expose propaganda and loss. Scenes of Paris—cathedrals, street performers, political clashes between communists and flics—contrast with intimate lyrics of tenderness, bodies, seasons, and mortality. Notable moments include a bawdy car-as-lover seduction, a comic elegy for “Uncle Sol,” and the celebrated credo “since feeling is first.” The final section gathers concentrated love poems that celebrate immediacy and touch while acknowledging time’s ruin, ending in a humble confession that only the beloved’s aliveness can redeem the poet’s failures. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 |
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| Title | Is 5 |
| Alternate Title | Is five |
| Original Publication | New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. |
| Credits | Carla Foust, Hannah Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | American poetry -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77021 |
| Release Date | Oct 10, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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