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Written by a famous critic of Cummings' time, this essay describes Cummings' vocabulary and language.

"Literature critics writing about Hilda Doolittle have tended to focus their discussion on one among a series of possible splittings they find in her work: the word from the object, language from experience, public from private, or even a splitting of the self into two different selves. Those critics who have recuperated H. D. into the fields of feminist criticism and gay and lesbian studies generally stress the closeting of H.D.'s work. The work published during her lifetime-mostly poetry-addresses lesbian sexuality only very indirectly. The largely autobiographical prose manuscripts unearthed after her death take her lesbian relationships as their main subject."

Describes how E. E. Cummings basically reinvents grammar in his poetry.

A book review of "Conversations with Rita Dove"- which contains a volume of interviews. It reveals her unique and creative writing techniques in which she claims her literary independence.

An article exploring Lee's expresison of his adaptation to his new American culture through the poem Persimmons, and its use of language.

This article talks about Carl Sandburg's writing style and how it reflects his social views. For example, Carl Sandburg used simple language to indicate commonness, an aspect of socialist views.