Thursday, September 23, 2010

Rambling - There is No Feasible Reason

In the poem next of course god america i by e.e. cummings, there is very little punctuation. We all know this; it is no mystery. Now, the mystery lies in why there is a lack of punctuation. The theory that the speaker is in the midst of a drunken rant is preposterous. The end of the poem clearly identifies this as a speech made by a politician or other recognized representative. The only reason the speaker would take a drink of water after this rant was if it were being made publicly. Not too many respectable politicians would show up to a speech or public address intoxicated, so I think that can be ruled out. Also, there is a theory that the man was nervous and his words started to ramble together in a barely comprehensible mess, which could hold some merit if the politician were new to the game or running for his/her first election, but odds are that, if someone is running for an office, they have been in the spotlight a time or two.

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