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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Poetry of e.e. Cummings

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected online texts of "Buffalo Bill's," "in Just-," and "Picasso." Includes a biography and selected bibliography.
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Website
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: E. E. Cummings

For Students 9th - 10th
Maintained by the Academy of American Poets, this very nice website offers a decent, brief biography of Cummings (1894-1962 CE), along with links to many of his poems. Also includes a selected bibliography and links to several other...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Comp: Modernism: e.e. Cummings

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on e.e. cummings and his poems: "anyone lived in a pretty how town" and "old age sticks." It discusses cumming background, his lack of use of punctuation and capitalization, and his concern for the individual. Links...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Conventions

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Sharpen your use of the formal conventions of English with this self-guided learning module. The module focuses on formal and informal language, making pronouns agree with their antecedents, and common spelling and grammar errors. At the...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: E. E. Cummings

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent resource offers a solid biography of Cummings (1894-1962 CE), along with a series of "nonlectures" that Cummings himself delivered. This site also provides analysis of many of Cummings' poems, plus a bibliography.
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Other

American poems.com: E. E. Cummings Biography and Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an overview of the life and work of poet E. E. Cummings (1894-1962 CE). The jewel of this site, though, is the text to over 100 of cummings' poems.
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Other

Spring: The Journal of the e.e. Cummings Society

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the home page of the Journal of the e. e. cummings Society, and it includes links to criticism on cummings, a bibliography, and some interesting links to cummings-related images and a page proof of his poem "r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r."
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: e.e. Cummings

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of E.E. Cummings, including a bibliography of his work.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: "Maggie and Milly and Molly and May" by E. E. Cummings

For Students 6th
This is the poem "maggie and milly and molly and may" by E. E. Cummings.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Old Age Sticks [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete poem "old age sticks" by E. E. Cummings along with space to write a revised version of the poem.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete poem "anyone lived in a pretty how town" by E. E. Cummings.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Edward Estlin Cummings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Part of a series on "Modernism and Experimentation: 1914-1945," this article features a biographical note and appraisal and cummings's poem, "in Just."
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Yale University

E.e. Cummings and Gertrude Stein

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, maintained by Yale's Rare Book and Manuscript Library, discusses the influence of Chinese and Japanese art on Cummings' poems and paintings. Offers one example of each along with brief commentary.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Learning Guides: "In Just " by E. E. Cummings

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to offering a summary of and a link to the text of "in Just-" by E. E. Cummings, this guide contains notes on themes, a collection of quotes, and a list of study questions suitable for reviewing the poem.
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Curated OER

E. E. Cummings

For Students 9th - 10th
To learn more about the famous author E.E. Cummings (1894-1962 CE) check out this informative site.