Favourite Poem

Title : I carry you heart with me
Poet : E. E. Cummings
Poem :

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)

1. How are the figurative language used in this poem?

I carry your heart with me - This sentence makes use of personification. As we know, it is literaly impossible to "carry a heart". However, to emphasize on this point, the poet made use of this figurative language to show the importance of it.

And it's you are whatever a moon has always meant, And whatever a sun will sing is always you - This sentence is using personification as it is not possible for a sun to sing. This is to show how important "you" are.

And the sky of the sky of a tree called life - This sentence is metaphoring tree to a life.

2. Tell us why you like this poem in no less than 100 words.

This poem is mostly free verse with a little use of alliteration especially on the first word (I, No). Also, the poem made use of imagination to describe (Whatever a sun will always sing is you) the feelings of the poet. There's also use of exaggeration in the poem (And this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart). All in all, the main reason why I prefer this poem is that I find the mood of the poem very romantic as well as meaningful. By making comparisons and different figurative languages, the whole poem is able to bring out the true feeling thoroughly and allows the reader to seem to experience it himself.