{"id":611,"date":"2017-06-03T20:04:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T00:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/?page_id=611"},"modified":"2017-06-06T06:34:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T10:34:49","slug":"notes-jottings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/?page_id=611","title":{"rendered":"Notes &#038; Jottings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Whitman Sheet<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<!-- MasterSlider -->\n\t\t<div id=\"P_MS6adc52770b529\" class=\"master-slider-parent msl ms-parent-id-17\" style=\"max-width:1000px;\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- MasterSlider Main -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"MS6adc52770b529\" class=\"master-slider ms-skin-default\" >\n\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"ms-slide\" data-delay=\"3\" data-fill-mode=\"fill\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/master-slider\/public\/assets\/css\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Whitman-Sheet.jpg\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ms-info\">MS Am 1892.5 (369), Houghton Library, Harvard University, Used with Permission, Copyright \u00a9 by the Trustees for the E.E. Cummings Trust<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"ms-thumb\" ><div class=\"ms-tab-context\"><div class=\"&quot;ms-tab-context&quot;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- END MasterSlider Main -->\n\n\t\t\t \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- END MasterSlider -->\n\n\t\t<script>\n\t\t(function ( $ ) {\n\t\t\t\"use strict\";\n\n\t\t\t$(function () {\n\t\t\t\tvar masterslider_b529 = new MasterSlider();\n\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ slider controls\n\t\t\t\tmasterslider_b529.control('arrows'     ,{ autohide:true, overVideo:true  });\n\t\t\t\tmasterslider_b529.control('slideinfo'  ,{ autohide:false, overVideo:true, dir:'h', align:'bottom',inset:false , margin:10   });\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ slider setup\n\t\t\t\tmasterslider_b529.setup(\"MS6adc52770b529\", {\n\t\t\t\t\t\twidth           : 1200,\n\t\t\t\t\t\theight          : 480,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tminHeight       : 0,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tspace           : 0,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstart           : 1,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tgrabCursor      : true,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tswipe           : true,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmouse           : true,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tlayout          : \"boxed\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\twheel           : false,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tautoplay        : false,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tinstantStartLayers:false,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tloop            : false,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tshuffle         : false,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tpreload         : 0,\n\t\t\t\t\t\theightLimit     : true,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tautoHeight      : true,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsmoothHeight    : true,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tendPause        : false,\n\t\t\t\t\t\toverPause       : true,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tfillMode        : \"fill\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcenterControls  : true,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstartOnAppear   : false,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tlayersMode      : \"center\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\thideLayers      : false,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tfullscreenMargin: 0,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tspeed           : 20,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdir             : \"h\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\tparallaxMode    : 'swipe',\n\t\t\t\t\t\tview            : \"basic\"\n\t\t\t\t});\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\twindow.masterslider_instances = window.masterslider_instances || [];\n\t\t\t\twindow.masterslider_instances.push( masterslider_b529 );\n\t\t\t });\n\n\t\t})(jQuery);\n\t\t<\/script>\n\n\n<p>Here, we see Cummings engaging Whitman\u2019s lines, rearranging them visually\u2014but allowing the aural dimensions of rhythm and cadence to impact that rearranging. His scansion can be seen in the capitalization of letters and in the patterns of stressed, unstressed beats captured by the period and the slash.<\/p>\n<p>Cummings created this sheet sometime around 1916.<\/p>\n<p>Cummings works with lines from \u201cSong of the Open Road,\u201d \u201cBy Blue Ontario\u2019s Shore,\u201d and \u201cSong of Myself.\u201d The content of the lines resonates, too, with Cummings\u2019 theories of the individual, the \u201cenormous <em>i<\/em>,\u201d if you will.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the lines Cummings plays with, complete with links to the Whitman Archive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><a title=\"my call is the call of battle, I nourish active rebellion \/ he going with me must go well arm\u2019d \/ he going with me goes often with spare diet, poverty, angry enemies, desertions \" href=\"http:\/\/www.whitmanarchive.org\/published\/LG\/1891\/poems\/86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my call is the call of battle, I nourish active rebellion \/ he going with me must go well arm\u2019d \/ he going with me goes often with spare diet, poverty, angry enemies, desertions<br \/>\n<\/a><\/em>from \u201cSong of the Open Road,\u201d section 14<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><a title=\"the American compact is altogether with individuals \/ [the only government is that which makes minute of individuals] \/ the whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual [\u2013namely to you] \" href=\"http:\/\/www.whitmanarchive.org\/published\/LG\/1891\/poems\/197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the American compact is altogether with individuals \/ [the only government is that which makes minute of individuals] \/ the whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual [\u2013namely to you]<br \/>\n<\/a><\/em>from \u201cBy Blue Ontario\u2019s Shore,\u201d section 15<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><a title=\"agonies are one of my changes of garments \" href=\"http:\/\/www.whitmanarchive.org\/published\/LG\/1891\/poems\/27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">agonies are one of my changes of garments<br \/>\n<\/a><\/em>from \u201cSong of Myself,\u201d section 33<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><a title=\"produce great persons, the rest follows \" href=\"http:\/\/www.whitmanarchive.org\/published\/LG\/1891\/poems\/197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">produce great persons, the rest follows<br \/>\n<\/a><\/em>from \u201cBy Blue Ontario\u2019s Shore,\u201d section 3<\/p>\n<p>For further discussion of this sheet, see Aaron M. Moe\u2019s\u00a0<em>Zoopoetics: Animals and the Making of Poetry\u00a0<\/em>(Lanham: Lexington Books, 2014), chapter 3.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Jottings from Cummings&#8217; Notes &amp; Draft of Unpublished Poem<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<!-- MasterSlider -->\n\t\t<div id=\"P_MS6adc52770bd46\" class=\"master-slider-parent msl ms-parent-id-18\" style=\"max-width:1000px;\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- MasterSlider Main -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"MS6adc52770bd46\" class=\"master-slider ms-skin-default\" >\n\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"ms-slide\" data-delay=\"3\" data-fill-mode=\"fill\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/master-slider\/public\/assets\/css\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MS-Am-1823.7-25-not-sure-folder-1.jpg\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ms-info\">MS Am 1823.7 (25), Houghton Library, Harvard University, Used with Permission, Copyright \u00a9 by the Trustees for the E.E. Cummings Trust<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"ms-thumb\" ><div class=\"ms-tab-context\"><div class=\"&quot;ms-tab-context&quot;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"ms-slide\" data-delay=\"3\" data-fill-mode=\"fill\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/master-slider\/public\/assets\/css\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MS-Am-1823.7-25-folder-3-sheet-69-1.jpg\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ms-info\">MS Am 1823.7 (25), folder 3 sheet 69, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Used with Permission, Copyright \u00a9 by the Trustees for the E.E. Cummings Trust<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"ms-thumb\" ><div class=\"ms-tab-context\"><div class=\"&quot;ms-tab-context&quot;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"ms-slide\" data-delay=\"3\" data-fill-mode=\"fill\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/master-slider\/public\/assets\/css\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MS-Am-1823.7-25-folder-3-sheet-70-top-half.jpg\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ms-info\">MS Am 1823.7 (25), folder 3 sheet 70, top, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Used with Permission, Copyright \u00a9 by the Trustees for the E.E. Cummings Trust<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"ms-thumb\" ><div class=\"ms-tab-context\"><div class=\"&quot;ms-tab-context&quot;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"ms-slide\" data-delay=\"3\" data-fill-mode=\"fill\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/master-slider\/public\/assets\/css\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MS-Am-1823.7-25-folder-3-sheet-70-middle-half-1.jpg\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ms-info\">MS Am 1823.7 (25), folder 3 sheet 70, middle, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Used with Permission, Copyright \u00a9 by the Trustees for the E.E. Cummings TrustHoughton Library, Harvard University, Used with Permission, Copyright \u00a9 by the Trustees for the E.E. Cummings Trust<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"ms-thumb\" ><div class=\"ms-tab-context\"><div class=\"&quot;ms-tab-context&quot;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"ms-slide\" data-delay=\"3\" data-fill-mode=\"fill\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/master-slider\/public\/assets\/css\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MS-Am-1823.7-25-folder-3-sheet-70-bottom-1.jpg\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ms-info\">MS Am 1823.7 (25), folder 3 sheet 70, bottom, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Used with Permission, Copyright \u00a9 by the Trustees for the E.E. Cummings Trust<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"ms-thumb\" ><div class=\"ms-tab-context\"><div class=\"&quot;ms-tab-context&quot;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"ms-slide\" data-delay=\"3\" data-fill-mode=\"fill\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/master-slider\/public\/assets\/css\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MS-Am-1823.7-25-folder-4-sheet-74.jpg\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ms-info\">MS Am 1823.7 (25), folder 4, sheet 74, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Used with Permission, Copyright \u00a9 by the Trustees for the E.E. Cummings Trust<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"ms-thumb\" ><div class=\"ms-tab-context\"><div class=\"&quot;ms-tab-context&quot;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"ms-slide\" data-delay=\"3\" data-fill-mode=\"fill\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/master-slider\/public\/assets\/css\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MS-Am-1823.7-25-folder-4-sheet-77.jpg\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ms-info\">MS Am 1823.7 (25) folder 4 sheet 77,\u00a0Houghton Library, Harvard University, Used with Permission, Copyright \u00a9 by the Trustees for the E.E. Cummings Trust<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"ms-thumb\" ><div class=\"ms-tab-context\"><div class=\"&quot;ms-tab-context&quot;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"ms-slide\" data-delay=\"3\" data-fill-mode=\"fill\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/master-slider\/public\/assets\/css\/blank.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cummingsarchive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/MS-Am-1892.5-461.jpg\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ms-info\">Jottings of an Unpublished Poem, MS Am 1892.5 (461),\u00a0Houghton Library, Harvard University, Used with Permission, Copyright \u00a9 by the Trustees for the E.E. 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His scansion can be seen in the capitalization of letters and in the patterns of stressed, unstressed beats captured by the period and the slash. 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