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“i carry your heart with me” is a traditional love sonnet written in 1952 by the distinctly nontraditional American poet E. E. Cummings
. Well known for his experimentation with syntax, punctuation, and spacing, Cummings applied each these avant-garde techniques to the conventional form of the sonnet. What resulted was “i carry your heart with me”: a highly idiosyncratic love poem that moves from an expression of romantic love to a philosophical exploration of love’s inherent spirituality.Read a summary & analysis, an analysis of the speaker, and explanations of important quotes from “i carry your heart with me.”
