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Liveright (2002), Paperback, 112 pages
Description
Published in 1958, 95 Poems is the last book of new poems published in Cummings's lifetime. Remarkable for its vigor, freshness, interest in ordinary individuals, and awareness of the human life cycle, the book reflects Cummings's observations on nature and his prevailing gratitude for whatever life offers: "Time's a strange fellow: more he gives than takes." This new edition joins other individual uniform Liveright paperback volumes drawn from the Complete Poems, most recently Etcetera and 22 and 50 Poems.
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Passionately lyrical and yet somehow skeptical, formal but unleashed, these ninety-five poems in many cases adopt traditional rhyme schemes but then break, at strategic times, conventions of English. This includes typical Cummings moves such as disrupting words in the middle to comment upon a
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single syllable, or to create multiple words out of a single word. He has a gift of song, but also brings to the surface the aural associations that take place within words and a general keen awareness of language. In this way he builds on earlier avant-garde work and anticipates the work of the language poets and other current writers.Must have.
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Awards
National Book Award (Finalist — Poetry — 1959)
Notable Books List (1958)
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Original publication date
1958
Physical description
112 p.; 8.3 inches
ISBN
0871401819 / 9780871401816