Kedar N. Sharma
Kedar N. Sharma is an experienced literary expert and analyst with a postgraduate degree in English Literature. With many years of experience, he specializes in poetry and literary analysis. His strong knowledge of literary terms and critical theory adds depth and value to his contributions to PoemSense.
Cynthia Zarin | Biography
October 25, 2026
Cynthia Zarin was born in New York City and educated at Harvard and Columbia. She writes for a wide range of magazines and journals, including The New Yorker, where her poems frequently appear. More to...
O Sweet Spontaneous by Edward Estlin Cummings | Summary and Analysis
October 25, 2026
O Sweet Spontaneous by Cummings is about the significance of earth in the modern and unique style in poetry writing. The speaker identifies the earth sweet and spontaneous. He asks the question that how often...
since feeling is first by Edward Estlin Cummings | Summary and Analysis
October 25, 2026
since feeling is first is a short lyric poem by modern American poet E. E. Cumming. The breaking of the traditional typography corresponds with his desire to break the social norms and values and celebrate...
in Just-spring by Edward Estlin Cummings | Summary and Analysis
October 25, 2026
The poem ‘in Just-spring’ by Cummings is about the spring as seen from the viewpoint of the child. The very title is said with an excitement of remembering childhood, and the power to enjoy the...
anyone lived in a pretty how town by Edward Estlin Cummings | Summary and Analysis
October 25, 2026
The poem ‘anyone lived in a pretty how town’ by Cummings is about the loss and lack of identity of people in the modern world. The ‘any’ one of the titles is an anonymous man...
my father moved through dooms of love by Edward Estlin Cummings | Summary and Analysis
October 25, 2026
This poem ‘my father moved through dooms of love’ by Cummings is an elegy written after the death of the poet’s own father, the Reverend Edward Cummings, a Unitarian minister and Harvard university professor. It...
i sing of Olaf glad and big by Edward Estlin Cummings | Summary and Analysis
October 25, 2026
The poem ‘i sing of Olaf glad and big’ by Cummings is a typical poem based on Cummings’s experience in the army. It is an ironic retelling of the torture and death of a conscientious...
For Prodigal Read Generous by Edward Estlin Cummings | Summary and Analysis
October 25, 2026
In the poem For Prodigal Read Generous poet asks the reader to be generous if she or he wants to understand what is prodigal. Only an unselfish person can give large amounts freely. Similarly, ‘age’...
Buffalo Bill’s by Edward Estlin Cummings | Summary and Analysis
October 25, 2026
Buffalo Bill’s by Cummings plays with more than one possibility of meaning and attitude of the poet towards the subject, the dead hero, Buffalo Bill. In one sense, the poem is an expression of respect...
Edward Estlin Cummings | Biography
October 25, 2026
Edward Estlin Cummings is an American poet of great lyrical intensity. He was a son of an English professor at Harvard who was later pastor of the Old South Church in Boston. Cummings took his...
