Kaitlyn Akel 9H 11/12/11 POETRY EXPLICATION: [I CARRY YOUR HEART WITH ME (I CARRY IT IN)] i carry your heart with

me (i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling) i fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart) -e.e. cummings T.P.C.A.S.T.T. Title: I think this poem is about long distance lovers, and the poet is talking indirectly to the other lover. Paraphrase: The poet is talking to his lover indirectly telling her that no matter what happens, your heart is in mine, I will never lose it, and it is always with me. In the second stanza he begins talking to what seems as a different audience telling them that love is the root of everything, and it keeps the stars wondering why theyre apart. Connotation: The second stanza is a metaphor. It describes how love is the root of everything, the bud of everything, the sky of everything, and that it grows big as a tree does, and even bigger. The stanza concludes that love is the root of life.

Attitude: The poets attitude in this poem is very deep. In the first stanza hes so deeply in love with this woman, and hes describing his feeling for her. But in the second stanza, he seems more serious like he is getting to the deep root of the situation. I would say that his attitude is sincere, yet caring and loving. Shift(s): The shift in this poem is in the second stanza when he starts to say here is the deepest secret nobody knows... (Stanza 2, Line 10). This is the part of the poem where he becomes more serious and starts to talk to the audience about love being the root of everything. Title: I do not sense a change in the title after I have read this, because it is the first line of the poem which is the vehicle of the poem. Theme: Love will get you everywhere, because it is the root of everything.

Poetry Explication In e.e. Cummingss poem [i carry your heart with me (i carry it in)], he uses vivid descriptive phrases and words. The poem itself tells that love is the root of everything. He starts off by talking to his lover, telling what is written in the first stanza. The second stanza shifts and Cummings starts to talk to a more formal audience. The diction becomes a more formal, and proper metaphor. This poem is written in free verse, with the occasional rhyme (Stanza 2, Lines 14-15; Stanza 1, Lines 7-9). The message carried out from this poem is that love is the root of everything, and itll get you anywhere. I see this poem as one about long distance lovers. When Cummings starts saying i am never without it (anywhere you go, i go my dear...)(Stanza 1, Lines 2-4) , I perceive it as no matter where you are, I always have your heart, and that I will never let it go. I also perceived that in the last half of the first stanza the portion that says and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you, as a symbol for timelessness. I mean this in the sense that even though they were miles apart to where the moon was on one side of the Earth, the sun on the other; they are still together through their hearts. Therefore, their love is timeless. The connotation in this poem is very vivid. Cummings compares love to nature (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide Stanza 2, Lines 11-13). This metaphor can be taken as love is omnipresent, big, but I perceived it as the root of everything. The reason for his comparison to nature other than something else is because nature is everywhere, and present in some way through everything. Also, the parentheticals provide a more personal tone to the poem. If the poem was given orally, they could be said as a whisper, or even a softer tone.

The parentheticals are like side notes said by the poet, but have a deeper and more personal tone to them. I sense the attitude in this poem as deep and sincere yet, loving and caring. He means deeply what he says about love, and he says it gently, and poetically. An example would be i fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)... (Stanza 1, Lines 5-7) There is no sternness or forcefulness in his connotation or tone. He even keeps the same tone in the second stanza even though there is a shift in it. The attitude still stays the same as well as consistent throughout the poem. The shift in the poem occurs in the second stanza. Compared to the first, this one seems like a poet to audience tone, and more serious whereas the first stanza seems more as a lover to lover tone, and more kind. The stanza starts off as Here is the deepest secret nobody knows... (Stanza 2, Line 10) The tone becomes more formal and secretive in this stanza (It sounds as if he is about to tell a big secret.), where in the first stanza, the tone is more tender and beautiful as a lover talks to his or her lover. In conclusion, this poem has a very vivid and strong use of language and syntax. The diction and choice of metaphor provide a deeper and more meaningful message about the meaning of love. I sense no change in the title because the title is also the first line of the poem; therefore, it provides the vehicle for it. Although the poems stanzas shift moods from a more personal audience to a more formal audience, they are both very vividly describing the meaning of love, which is, love is the root of everything.