XLI Poems

by E. E. Cummings

41 chapters49mEnglish1925

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A book of 41 poems by E. E. Cummings classified as Songs I-XII [poems 1-12], Chansons Innocentes I-II [poems 13-14], Portraits I-IX [poems 15-23], La Guerre I-II [poems 24-25], Sonnets I-XVI [poems 26-41] - Summary by Scotty Smith

Chapters (41)

1the sky was

2of my

3when life is quite through with

4into the smiting

5Where’s Madge then

6after five

7between green mountains

8in the rain-

9Lady of Silence

10the hills

11i will wade out till my thighs are steeped in burning flowers

12cruelly,love

13why did you go

14little tree

15conversation with my friend is particularly

111

16one April dusk the

17Picasso

18the skinny voice

19as usual i did not find him in cafes, the more dissolute

113

20it’s just like a coffin’s

21my mind is

225

101

23at the ferocious phenomenon of 5 o’clock i find myself

206

24earth like a tipsy

25Humanity i love you

26when learned darkness from our searched world

27O Thou to whom the musical white spring

28when unto nights of autumn do complain

29this is the garden: colours come and go,

30Thou in whose swordgreat story shine the deeds

31when the proficient poison of sure sleep

32and what were roses. Perfume? for i do

33come nothing to my comparable soul

34when my sensational moments are no more

35I have seen her a stealthily frail

36who’s most afraid of death? thou art of him

37perhaps it is to feel strike

38when i am in Boston, i do not speak

39will suddenly trees leap from winter and will

40a fragrant sag of fruit distinctly grouped.

41by god i want above fourteenth

XLI Poems

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Chapters (41)

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