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<paragraph keywords="car part, haptic, gender, maintenance">
<paragraph keywords="car part, haptic, gender, maintenance, oil">
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thoroughly oiled the universal
thoroughly oiled the universal
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<paragraph keywords="driving, car part, metaphor">
<paragraph keywords="driving, car, car part, metaphor, sound">
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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, car part, gender, haptic, agency, personification">
<paragraph keywords="driving, driver, driving skill, car part, gender, haptic, agency, personification">
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up,slipped the
up,slipped the
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again slo-wly;bare,ly nudg. ing(my
again slo-wly;bare,ly nudg. ing(my
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<paragraph keywords="car part, gender, metaphor, haptic, driving, pleasure">
<paragraph keywords="car part, driving, engine, oil gender, metaphor, haptic, driving, pleasure, sublime, metaphor">
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lev-er Right-
lev-er Right-
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<paragraph keywords="driving, road, speed">
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avenue i touched the accelerator and give
avenue i touched the accelerator and give
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<paragraph keywords="gasoline">
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her the juice,good
her the juice,good
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<paragraph keywords="driving, gender, haptic">
<paragraph keywords="driving, gender, haptic, affect, pleasure, urban">
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<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, personification">
<paragraph keywords="car part, personification, driving, engine, speed, death">
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the
the
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externalcontracting
externalcontracting
brakes Bothatonce and
brakes Bothatonce and
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<poem>
brought allofher tremB
brought allofher tremB
-ling
-ling
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<paragraph keywords="slowness, stop">
<paragraph keywords="slowness, stop, parking">
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stand-
stand-

Revision as of 12:29, 3 December 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 parthapticgendermaintenanceoil


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

drivingcarcar partmetaphorsound


up,slipped the
clutch(and then somehow got into reverse she
kicked what
the hell)next
minute i was back in neutral tried and

drivingdriverdriving skillcar partgenderhapticagencypersonification


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

slownessdriving


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

car partdrivingengineoil gendermetaphorhapticdrivingpleasuresublimemetaphor


avenue i touched the accelerator and give

drivingroadspeed


her the juice,good

gasoline


(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

drivinggenderhapticaffectpleasureurban


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

car partpersonificationdrivingenginespeeddeath


stand-
;-Still)

slownessstopparking