E.E. Cummings: The Individual and His Work

Every so often an artist emerges in his field whose ideas are refreshingly different, and breaks the mold set out by society. Such a man was E. E. Cummings. Not only did he break the mold, he shattered it with a monstrous wrecking-ball. " He is known for his idiosyncratic and typographically inventive poetry..."(www.biography.com 1) Cummings firmly believed in his ideas and strived to be an individual in all aspects of life. As he himself said, "It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are."(qtd.in www.cp-tel-net)
Edward Estlin Cummings was born in Cambridge, Mass.,…