Everyone has relationships. Some are platonic and some are romantic. One of the most sacred relationships is marriage. Marriage is a union of trust, but sometimes there are reasons when that is broken. Infidelity can damage relationships and change them. Once you cheat on your significant other, your new lover holds the power of a dark secret over you. E.E. Cummings show that relationship dynamics change quickly through his use of form in his poem “may i feel said he”.
The poem is considered a narrative poem because it is the storyline is about the relationship between the man and the woman. The scansion of the poem is iambic tetrameter, pentameter, and hexameter. E. E. Cummings switched back and forth between meters inside each stanza. However, the stanzas in the poem are quatrain and that remains the same throughout the entire poem.
The poem “may i feel said he” is about a man taking his relationship with his lover to the next level. The author takes the reader on a journey of a little flirtation. Things begin to heat up with kissing and touching. Eventually things take a turn become sexual. At the end it is revealed that their relationship now has different meaning to the man and the woman. The meaning to the man is different from how the women feels the relationship is now being defined. The
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man sees it as just sexual and the women see it as them being more, possible boyfriend and girlfriend. The reality iis that the relationship has changed from something as innocent as friends to something more dangerous as a married man and his lover. E.E Cummings uses different tools to help get his message across. There is a lot of rhyme. When looking at the main conversations, excluding “said he” and “said she” from each line, the lines rhyme in sets of two. The rhyme is considered internal because “said he” and “said she” ended each line. Not only do the lines rhyme, but they are written the same. There are some lines in the poem surrounded by parenthesis. This indicates that the conversation has become more intimate. The couple are now in each other’s person space and have lowered their voices. Also, each line ends with “said he” or “said she”. The poem follows a sort of mimicking process in the conversation. The man would say something and the women would respond in the same form. This continues throughout the same poem until the last two lines. The woman responds to the man with “(you are mine…) after he said “you’re divine!…). The language of the poem is very simple. The couple only says short answers. The responses that are given are straight to the point and matter of fact. Although they are short, simple sentences, each of them have a deeper meaning. For example, in stanza 5 the line simply reads “(but you’re killing said she”. This relates to the fact that they are now engaging in sexual intercourse and that he is hurting her. E.E. Cummings shows that just a few words can get your point across and let the reader know what is really happening. The last two lines after is when the dynamic of their relationship changes. The woman now feels that the man is hers. She holds a secret over him that someone important in his life does not know about. Their entire relationship has been a secret kept from one person: his wife. The woman in the poem mentions his wife and asks about her finding out. He seems to brush it aside and continue pursuing the woman sexually. The woman seems to have more feelings involved in the relationship than the man. The man just seems to be lusting after the women, more so than being involved romantically considering the fact that he has a wife. Although he does not seem to care about the fact that he is married and just wants the woman. The shift in the poem changes for each of the people involved. The woman goes from innocent and apprehensive to possessive. She asks the man if he loves her before they have sex. Although he goes around the question and ignores her, eventually, she gives in. She accepts the fact that they have now had sex she believes that he belongs to her. Women become more emotionally attached to their partners once they have had sex. The man shifts from to unsure and anxious to content. The man asks for the woman’s permission before he does anything. He seems to know what he wants from the relationship that they have and he wants it to stay that way. He just compliments the woman as if a big step has not been taken in their relationship. The theme of the poem is that taking a relationship that is not your marriage to a higher, more intimate level, changes the dynamic and who has the power. The man held all the power in the beginning and that was very clear. Although he asked for permission, she continued to allow him to do what he wanted with her. The women brings the fact that he has a wife up in their conversation and he does not seem to care. The end show that the man no longer has power over her and that she holds the secret. The man now has to keep the woman happy or she can tell his wife. The title upon first glances gives off the impression that the man is doing something inappropriate, even innocent perhaps.
After reading the poem the title is confirmed that he is doing something inappropriate, but it is far from innocent. This also helps to show that the relationship that the man and the woman have is inappropriate. The title allows you to feel like nothing serious is going to happen, but as you read you realize it is something very serious. The title also adds to making the poem more interesting by making readers want to know what the man wants to feel. Additionally, the innocence of the title makes the type of relationship being revealed more
dramatic. E.E. cummings writes about how a relationship can change all because of a sexual encounter. Something that started as lust is now a secret. The power in the relationship has shifted from the more dominant person to the more reserved and timid of the two. Although, the man and the woman are both wrong knowing that they have caused such a sacred relationship, like marriage, to possible be ruined. The man is more in the wrong because it took vows that now mean nothing. A relationship can be changed quickly. All with a simple power shift.
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