Captured Thought: E.E. Cummings' style

While reading various E.E. Cummings poems I realized that he had a sense of uniqueness in his word choosing. Many a times, I misread a line, which my brain automatically thought ended in a certain way, but Cummings manipulates the English language by utilizing various unorthodox forms of syntax and grammar. At first I thought it was a bit childish but after reading more and more of his poems, I realized that without this childish playfullness the poem would not be the same. It weird because it's almost as if Cummings predicted the grammar of the AIM, and instant messaging language with all of its acronyms and shortcuts. With that said, I feel like Cummings has branched out from the traditional poetic forms into his own style of poetry. Furthermore, I think that this helped him express himself more by utilizng what is comfortable to him, rather than following the status quo. Instead Cummings challenegs the poetic status quo by utilizing various new styles which involve a lot of fragmentation and alteration.