Hi,

This is the poem by e.e.cummins. "I have found what you are like". I would like to understand this poem and meanings and its poetic features. Any help will be appreciated.


i have found what you are like
i have found what you are like
the rain,

(Who feathers frightened fields
with the superior dust-of-sleep. wields

easily the pale club of the wind
and swirled justly souls of flower strike

the air in utterable coolness

deeds of green thrilling light
with thinned

newfragile yellows

lurch and.press

-in the woods
which
stutter
and

sing

And the coolness of your smile is
stirringofbirds between my arms;but
i should rather than anything
have(almost when hugeness will shut
quietly)almost,
your kiss


thanks

stem

It is an extended metaphor, Stem.

He's comparing his girl friend to nature, a rain storm in particular. The things he describes are things that nature does.

The last part, beginning with "And the coolness...) tells what his girl friend does to him. The ending 4 lines contain his personal wish.


Les

Hi Ig,

Thanks for ur help. I could understood the poem better now , but still i wish i had understood the below line,what does the lines actually convey. i now know it is a weather storm,but still i am unable to extract the full meaning of the line. Last 4 lines are clear,that he does want nothing morethan a kiss from his beloved.

stem

Who feathers frightened fields
with the superior dust-of-sleep. wields

(frightened field are earth probable , but superior dust of sleep wht is that

easily the pale club of the wind
and swirled justly souls of flower strike

(this line too)

the air in utterable coolness

deeds of green thrilling light
with thinned

newfragile yellows

lurch and.press

-in the woods
which
stutter
and

sing

all these lines)