What is the poem pity this busy monster Manunkind about?

“Pity this busy monster,manunkind” is a poem that emphasizes Cummings’s belief in nature and his opposition to those things—science, technology, and intellectual arrogance—that he believed attack the purity of nature.

What does Progress is a comfortable disease mean?

In the next line he states, “Progress is a comfortable disease…” In this line he is stating how humanity has only one will on this planet and it is survival and progression.

What if a much of a which of the wind poem?

and yanks immortal stars awry? and stifles forests in white ago? and sprinkles nowhere with me and you?

When did E. E. Cummings write pity this busy monster Manunkind?

1944
“pity this busy monster, manunkind” is a poem by American poet E. E. Cummings, first published in his 1944 book 1 × 1. It is among his best-known poems.

What is ee cummings much of a wind?

‘what if a much of a which of a wind’ by E.E. Cummings speaks on the destruction of the earth and the risk humankind poses to itself. The poem takes the reader through a series of three disasters. The first two are related to naturally occurring events, a tornado, and a blizzard.

What is if by ee cummings about?

He states that while life would be grand without the many things that are considered bad (such as measles and fears), life wouldn’t be the same and that he would rather be happy in an ugly world than sad in a perfect one. This poem also relates to love and relationships.

What if a dawn of a doom of a dream?

bites this universe in two, peels forever out of his grave, and sprinkles nowhere with me and you?”

What if a much of a which of a wind gives truth to the summer’s lie?

The speaker asks a rhetorical question. He addresses the possibility that the “wind / gives the truth to summer’s lie”. The phrase “summer’s lie,” seems to refer to the temporary happiness as symbolized through the perfectly sunny days of summer. These will end and everyone will be returned to the dark cold of winter.