02323cam a22003373u 4500 77021 UtSlPG 20260610134801.0 m cr n 260607r20251926utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 Is 5 Is five Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_5 Release date is 2025-10-10 Carla Foust, Hannah Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) "Is 5 by E. E. Cummings" is a collection of poems written in the early 20th century. The book explores modern urban life, love and desire, war and nationalism, and the spectacle of American and European culture through experimental language, typography, and voice. The poems move from sharp city vignettes and character sketches (barrooms, chorus girls, hustlers, and “five Americans”) into satirical takes on advertising, art, and patriotic bombast, then to antiwar pieces that expose propaganda and loss. Scenes of Paris—cathedrals, street performers, political clashes between communists and flics—contrast with intimate lyrics of tenderness, bodies, seasons, and mortality. Notable moments include a bawdy car-as-lover seduction, a comic elegy for “Uncle Sol,” and the celebrated credo “since feeling is first.” The final section gathers concentrated love poems that celebrate immediacy and touch while acknowledging time’s ruin, ending in a humble confession that only the beloved’s aliveness can redeem the poet’s failures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926 American poetry -- 20th century https://books.google.com/books?id=Y2euAAAAIAAJ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77021 117745 117745