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   author="Cummings, Edward Estline"
   author="Cummings, Edward Estline"
   additional_information="The poem was originally published in 1926."
   additional_information=""
   year_of_publication="1926"
   year_of_publication="1926"
   genre="Poetry"
   genre="Poetry"
   publisher="New York: Liveright"
   publisher="Liveright"
   journal="E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962"
   journal="E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962"
   page_range="246"
   page_range="246"
/>
/>
<annotations>
<annotations>
<paragraph keywords="technology, pleasure, gender">
<poem>
</poem>
</paragraph>


== she being Brand ==
<paragraph keywords="personification, gender">
 
 
<paragraph keywords="personification">
<poem>
<poem>
she being Brand
she being Brand
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<paragraph keywords="car part, maintenance">
<paragraph keywords="car part, haptic, gender, maintenance">
<poem>
<poem>
thoroughly oiled the universal
thoroughly oiled the universal
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<paragraph keywords="driver">
<paragraph keywords="driving, car part, metaphor">
<poem>
<poem>
K.)i went right to it flooded-the-carburetor cranked her
K.)i went right to it flooded-the-carburetor cranked her
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<paragraph keywords="driving"
<paragraph keywords="driving, car part, gender, haptic, agency, personification"
<poem>
<poem>
up,slipped the
up,slipped the
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<paragraph keywords="affect, driving, pleasure, road">
<paragraph keywords="car part, gender, metaphor, haptic, driving, pleasure">
<poem>
<poem>
lev-er Right-
lev-er Right-
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<paragraph keywords="driving, garden">
<paragraph keywords="driving, gender, haptic">
<poem>
<poem>
was the first ride and believe i we was
was the first ride and believe i we was
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<paragraph keywords="car part, car metaphor">
<paragraph keywords="car part, personification">
<poem>
<poem>
the
the
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<paragraph keywords="">
<paragraph keywords="slowness, stop">
<poem>
<poem>
stand-
stand-

Revision as of 11:26, 1 July 2024

Bibliographic Information
Author Cummings, Edward Estline
Genre Poetry
Journal or Book E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962
Publisher Liveright
Year of Publication 1926
Pages 246
Additional information -

she being Brand

personificationgender


-new;and you
know consequently a
little stiff i was
careful of her and(having


thoroughly oiled the universal
joint tested my gas felt of
her radiator made sure her springs were O.

car parthapticgendermaintenance


K.)i went right to it flooded-the-carburetor cranked her

drivingcar partmetaphor


up,slipped the

clutch(and then somehow got into reverse she kicked what the hell)next minute i was back in neutral tried and </poem>

drivingcar partgenderhapticagencypersonification


again slo-wly;bare,ly nudg. ing(my


lev-er Right-
oh and her gears being in
A 1 shape passed
from low through
second-in-to-high like
greasedlightning)just as we turned the corner of Divinity
avenue i touched the accelerator and give
her the juice,good

car partgendermetaphorhapticdrivingpleasure


(it


was the first ride and believe i we was
happy to see how nice she acted right up to
the last minute coming back down by the Public
Gardens i slammed on

drivinggenderhaptic


the
internalexpanding
&
externalcontracting
brakes Bothatonce and
brought allof her tremB
-ling
to a:dead.

car partpersonification


stand-

-Still)

slownessstop