Response to "anyone lived in a pretty how town"

      I read "anyone lived in a pretty how town" by e.e. cummings. This was a very interesting poem, with a lot of poetic elements included. There was a lot of alliteration; in most every line it was used. For example, in the fourth line, "he sang his didn't he danced his did" most all of the words start with "h" or with "d". Alliteration was the main poetic tool used in this poem. Because of how much alliteration was used, there was a lot of repetition. Sometimes, he would repeat the same words in a line, and other times he would repeat whole lines. He would also repeat things but change them slightly, for example saying "spring summer autumn winter" then in a later verse changing it to "autumn winter spring summer". Furthermore, there was some assonance. A line in the second verse "cared for anyone not at all" is primarily "a" and "o" sounds. However, there was something unusual that I saw in several of the verses. Usually, there is not much punctuation in poems, but in this one there were several parentheses, so I was slightly confused as to their purpose. This poem was very unique.
     At first, I had no idea what this poem was talking about, but after reading it a second time I think I am starting to get it. Most of what he talks about is in cycles, such as the seasons or the weather. He also talks about people, and in a way people cycle too. I think that e.e. cummings is trying to say that everyone grows and changes, and that before we know it we will be gone and there will be new people in our place. Everything is temporary, just like the seasons. In the beginning of the poem there are adults, and then it talks about their children growing up, and then it talks about death. It ends with new beginnings. Though this poem sounds a little crazy when you read it, I really liked it.