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Who are You Little i ? by E. E. Cummings

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Who are You Little i ? by E. E. Cummings

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 This short beautiful reflective poem "Who are you, little i?" has been composed by a
renowned American poet E. E. Cummings. This poem has presented the beautiful
nature and its effect on the speaker. Here in this short poem, the speaker has
described a beautiful scene of nature that has inspired him and even made him recall
his childhood memory closely connected with nature. The main theme of this poem is
the non-ultimate freshness of nature in humans' life. Nature and its effects always
have a vital role in everyone's life. Nature and its beauty remain in our entire life and
provide us with ecstasy and inspiration. The wonderful changes in nature's beauty
have such a power that can easily divert the thoughts, emotions and feelings of
humans of any age. Nature always creates a sense of deep feelings of intimacy within
humans.

There are altogether eight lines here in this poem. Here in these lines, we find the
speaker's deep intimacy towards this beautiful and vast nature.

The speaker of this poem has described a little boy, his act and his feeling related to
the beauty and wonderful transition of nature.

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SUMMARY & ANALYSIS OF 👇

Who are You Little i ? by E. E. Cummings

☆ RECALLING OF THE CHILDHOOD:

In the very first two lines, we find the speaker inquiring about a little 'i' of perhaps five
or six years old. Here, in these first two lines, the speaker is addressing himself with a
little 'i', who is a little boy of about five or six years old. He has presented himself as a
boy recalling his childhood days in connection with nature. Here, 'i' refers to the
speaker as a small boy as well as a small being in this beautiful and vast nature. The
speaker seems to give more preference to his childhood days and this beautiful and
amazing nature.

☆ ACT OF THE BOY:

Next, in the third, fourth and fifth lines, we find the little boy's act of peering at the
golden sunset of November from some high window. Here, we find the little boy
enjoying the beautiful golden sunset. He seems quite fascinated by the wonderful
sight of the sunset.

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 ☆ FEELING OF THE BOY TOWARDS WONDERFUL TRANSFORMATION OF NATURE:

In the last three lines, the boy enjoys the beauty of nature a lot. He feels about the
wonderful transformation of day into night in a very beautiful way. He feels closely
connected with nature to see the beautiful way of turning the golden colours of the
sunset of November into black colours of the nighttime. This is the miracle of great
nature.

Here, we find the speaker's deep intimacy and respect towards nature. The speaker's
deep intimacy towards the scenic beauty of nature makes him recall his childhood
days where he finds himself as a boy enjoying beautiful sunset during dusk. He keeps
on peering at the golden sunset through some high window. He is completely
fascinated to find out the beautiful way of transformation of the day into the night.

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SOME POINTS TO REMEMBER 👇

Who are You Little i ? by E. E. Cummings

▪The beauty of nature is beyond description.

▪Nature has the power to divert people's thoughts, feelings, emotions, ideas etc.

▪The poet has recollected his childhood experience of enjoying beautiful nature during
dusk.

▪The scene of November's sunset and its golden rays please the speaker much.

▪We find the speaker's deep longing for this nature.

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SHORT SUMMARY OF 👇

Who are You Little i ? by E. E. Cummings

This short poem "who are you little i" is related to nature and its effect on the speaker.
This poem is quite short which includes only eight lines. The main theme of this poem
is the non- ultimate freshness of beautiful nature and its positive effect on humans.
The poet E. E. Cummings has beautifully described a little boy, his location and his
acts of peering and feeling about beautiful and wonderful nature. He has presented his
experience of childhood closely connected with nature. He has presented himself as a

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 little i or a boy of five or six years old who keeps on peering beautiful golden sunset of
November through some high window and pondering about the wonderful
transformation of the day into the night in a very beautiful way.

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TEXTBOOK'S QUESTIONS & ANSWERS OF 👇

Who are You Little i ? by E. E. Cummings

BEFORE READING

Answer these questions:

a. Have you ever looked out through a window and taken pleasure in what you saw? If
so, what did you look at?

Answer:

Yes, I have looked out through a window and taken pleasure in what I saw. I looked at
a fine and colourful rainbow in the sky during monsoon season. I got extremely
pleased to find such a clear and beautiful rainbow in the sky.

b. Which beautiful scenes do you think would make you want to look out through the
window?

Answer:

I think the beautiful scenes of nature as green hills, beautiful and colourful rainbow in
the sky, drizzling rainfall in the jungle, birds flying during morning time etc would
make me want to look out through the window.

c. Do you write the pronoun ‘I’ capital or small in writing?

Answer:

Yes, I always write the pronoun 'I' in the capital in my writing. Grammar rules teach us
that this particular pronoun or letter must be written in capital letter in case of writing.
It shouldn't be written in a small letter otherwise it is considered to be wrong in
English grammar.

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UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT

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 Answer the following questions:

a. Who can be the speaker of this poem?

Answer:

The speaker of this poem can be the poet (E. E. Cummings) himself. He has presented
himself as a little boy here in this poem by recalling his childhood experience
connected with nature.

b. What is “little i” doing?

Answer:

'Little i' is peering the beautiful and golden sunset of November from some high
window and feeling about the beautiful way of transforming the day into the night.

c. What can be the relationship between “little i” and the speaker of the poem?

Answer:

The relationship between ''little i" and the speaker of the poem can be the relationship
of natural attachment. The little boy or 'i' is an outcome of the speaker's memory of
childhood experience. Here, the speaker is voicing the words in favour of this
beautiful nature and recalling his childhood experience closely connected with nature.
We find the speaker's deep devotion and respect towards this beautiful and vast
nature.

d. What is the speaker remembering from his childhood days in the poem?

Answer:

The speaker is remembering an extremely beautiful scene of nature from his

childhood days in the poem. He is remembering himself as a little boy of five or six
years in some high window who is peering and enjoying the beautiful golden sunset
and its transformation in November.

e. What attitude does the speaker seem to have toward the child in the poem?

Answer:

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 The speaker seems to have a positive and lovable attitude towards the child in the
poem. The speaker seems quite desirous about his childhood days. He feels extremely
happy in connection with this beautiful nature being little 'i'. He enjoys the scenic
beauty of the golden sunset through his childhood's eyes. He seems to long for his
childhood days much.

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REFERENCE TO THE CONTEXT

a. Why do you think Cummings has placed a semicolon between the words window
and at?

Answer:

I think Cummings has placed a semicolon between the words window and at to break
the two different locations. Here, he has used a semicolon to distinguish the locations
inside and outside the window. Here, the little boy is sitting inside the window and
peering at the beauty of November's sunset outside the window. The placement of
semicolons has created the description of two different locations in relation to the
boy's acts.

b. If the speaker is the child grown up, why does he ask, “who are you”?

Answer:

He asks, "who are you" because he is feeling good in his memory to find his
childhood days of a completely carefree life. He feels free from suffering and the
burden of obligations. He asks so to express the pleasures of his carefree childhood
days that are closely connected with nature.

c. In this poem, an adult reflects on the childhood experience. Based on that, what
might be the theme of the lines: “(and feeling: that if day / has to become night / this is
a beautiful way)”?

Answer:

Here, in these lines, we find the boy's feeling about the beautiful scene of November's
golden sunset. The boy finds a quite beautiful way of transforming of golden colours
of the sun of daytime into black colours of the night. He feels about this wonderful
transition of beautiful nature. Thus, the theme of these lines might be the wonderful
changes in this beautiful nature which are beyond humans' thoughts, feelings,

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 emotions, ideas etc. These changes have deep effects on humans. Here, the theme in
its deeper meaning also refers to the end of this life which is full of burdens of
obligations and pains. The light of the daytime refers the life whereas the darkness of
night refers to death. The beautiful way of transformation of the day into the night also
shows the concept of life and death. The speaker wants to be a child again leaving this
life of suffering.

d. What is the rhyme scheme used in the poem?

Answer:

A rhyme scheme is the pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or stanza.
The rhyme scheme used in the poem is ABAB and CDCD.

e. Explain the pun in “little i” that is related to what he is doing.

Answer:

A pun is a joke that reveals different possible meanings of a word. It also refers to the
words that sound alike but have different meanings along with humour. Here, in the
act of the 'little i', we find beautiful use of the pun. The 'little i' is peering golden sunset
of November. The 'little i' or the boy has been presented here in some high window.
Here, 'little i' and 'high' sound alike in rhyme scheme but create laughter for the
readers to find out the meaning. The speaker has presented 'little i' in some high
window's location. Here, the mismatched height of 'little i' and 'window' has been
presented for the act of peering beautiful golden sunset of November which has
created laughter.

f. How does Cummings’s use of lowercase letters affect your understanding of the
poem? Explain.

Answer:

Cummings's use of lowercase letters affect my understanding of the poem. The use of
lowercase letters in his poem have different literal meanings beyond their forms. The
style of using lowercase letters is considered to be incorrect in writing English
grammatical forms. His use of lowercase letters here in this poem has created a lot of
difficulties for me to grasp the actual meaning of the poem.

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 REFERENCE BEYOND THE TEXT

a. How does nature inspire the speaker in “who are you, little i”? Explain.

Answer:

Nature inspires the speaker a lot in "who are you, little i". The beauty of nature has
made him recall his beautiful childhood experience. He finds himself as a little boy of
five or six years old in his childhood. He keeps on peering at the beautiful golden
sunset and feels for the beautiful way of the transition of the day into the night.

b. Recall a childhood moment when you felt closely connected with nature. Describe
the time and place as well as your feelings and thoughts about it.

Answer:

The most interesting moment in my life was the day when I experienced a fine rainbow
in the sky. During that time, I was in fifth grade. It was the time of my monsoon
vacation. One Sunday, after the rainfall, I got amazed to find the most beautiful
rainbow in the sky in the morning time. I kept on watching it through my window for a
long time. I felt lucky to get the chance to see it. The beautiful scene of the rainbow is
still fresh in my life. I want to see it time and again in my life.

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