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An Analysis Of E. E Cummings 'Humanity I Love You'

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Simone de beauvoir once said, “Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable”. This highlights the flaws in humanity from a cynical viewpoint, saying that an individual is only useful if he contributes to the capitalist or selfish aspects of civilization. The american poet, E.E Cummings, is known for his unconventional ways of writing poetry, where he often neglected the linguistic and grammatical rules of the English language in his works.One of his many poems, Humanity I love you, draws attention to the flaws in society, and how socially acceptable actions are actually corrupt under the surface. Upon initially reading this work, the ideas seem to contradict the repeated statement, “Humanity i love you”, as they could be

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