Next To Of Course God America I

The poem s critique of wartime patriotism reflects the way americans felt about world war i in the 1920s.

To of course god america i love you which essentially means next to god of course he comes first i love america the most. Thy sons acclaim your glorious name by gorry. Next to of course god america i is a 14 line sonnet with a rhyme scheme ababcdcdefgfeg and an inconsistent iambic meter metre in british english which helps vary the rhythmic stresses of the lines. By the time next to of course god america i was published in 1926 there had been ample time for people to reflect upon what had happened during the war which took place between 1914 and 1918.

In every language even deafanddumb. Say can you see by the dawn s early my. I would argue the poem today next to of course god america i is a bit of both. About next to of course god america i ee cummings a pacifist was imprisoned during world war one for his supposed disloyalty to america.

Like many of e. That is it looks familiar as a traditional poem as there s even a rhyming scheme but it has some flourishes that aren t including the title itself. The opening lines of next to of course god america i which you can read in full here reveal the speaker s sarcastic tone toward patriotism. Here is the poem in full.

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He was also accused falsely of being a spy. Basically this is a hybrid english and russian sonnet with a cumming s twist a single line at the end. Next to of course god america i. Next to of course god america i love you land of the pilgrims and so forth oh say can you see by the dawn s early my country tis of centuries come and go and are no more what of it we should worry.

Love you land of the pilgrims and so forth oh. Cummings poems next to of course god america i is difficult to follow because he deliberately wrests language into new shapes bending the rules of syntax so that we begin without a capital letter as is his trademark style with the declaration next. Next to of course god america i.