Is love truly madness?It's certainly foolishness for Poet E.E. Cummings.In this episode I explore Since Feeling is First , one of his more famous love poems that looks at the way in which love almost always overrides reason. It is a fine example of the mastery Cummings held over form, grammar and syntax. On its surface it is a seemingly simple theme but, like all Cumming's works, that surface impression is just the beginning.The First E.E Cummings Episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0QTnL3ZYMzLKkbCBFCFTfKThe Show Notes: https://wordsthatburn.substack.com/p/since-feeling-is-first-by-ee-cummings?sd=pfInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wordsthatburnpodcast/Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/burnwordsThe music: https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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