This is one of my favorite poems, both for the lyrically flowing words and the deep meaning. It is a love poem, telling the story of a man named “anyone” and a woman named “noone.” Once you get used to how cummings uses generic names …
Read MoreThomas Hardy’s “The Ruined Maid”
This poem tells a story of two maids who meet up later in life, one who was “virtuous” and one who was “ruined” by apparently running off to town with a man. The irony is that the “virtuous” maid remained poor and had to work …
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