In time of daffodils (who know

the goal of living is to grow;

In time of lilacs who proclaim

the aim of waking is to dream;

In time of roses ( who amaze

our now and here with paradise.

IV. VOCABULARY: The whole poem is written in neutral standard vocabulary. Still it is rather difficult to grasp the exact meaning of cumming's poem because of its imagery. Here a word and its image create a kind of fusion.

V. THE LEXICAL LEVEL: in time of daffodils in the first stanza is a case of periphrasis. It looks as if the poet is speaking about early spring here. It also can be treated as a metaphor as early spring is the beginning of something new. in time of lilacs is also a case of periphasis. It stands for “summer” when everything is in bloom. in time of rose' is a periphrasis for “autumn”.

There is a vast number of metaphors in the poem: paradise, sweet things, to dream, waking, seek, find, mystery. There is also a case of personification in the use of the word who.

Sometimes the poet uses metonymy like whatever mind may comprehend which is a case of synecdoche.

VI. THE SYNTACTICAL LEVEL: There are several cases of antithesis built on antonyms in the poem: forgetting why, remember how; remember so (forgetting seem); forgetting if, remember yes; rememeber seek (forgetting find).

e.e. cummings is famous for his paradoxes. The central paradox in this poem is forgeting me, remember me which is built on antonyms.

The poet uses parallel constructions in the 1^st , 2^nd and 3^rd stanzas.

There are a lot of repetitions in this poem. The whole poem is built on anaphora in time of. The last line of the first stanza is also repeated creating epiphora forgetting why, remember how.

This interesting syntactical structure, called chiasmus, builds the skeleton of the text

remember so (forgetting seem)

forgetting if, remember yes

remember seek (forgetting find)

forgetting me, remember me.

The emotions are getting stronger throughout the poem, so we can speak about emotional gradation. It is quite evident that the colours of the flowers as the central images of the poetic text are getting brighter.

VII. THE MESSAGE: In the end the poet appeals to his addressee (and the reader as well) to remember him. Without being self-absorbed, cummings is sure the that he will never be forgotten. He and his poetry will live on in the hearts of other people.

VIII. CONCLUSION. HOW THE WORDS SHAPE THE MEANING: So using different stylistic devices and expressive means such as consonance, run-on lines, paradoxes, chiasmus, parallel constructions, the Imperative Mood and others, e.e. cummings creates an extraordinary atmosphere. Everything as if merges into a single entity. Together with the poet we experience his feelings and emotions. It's a very beautiful poem about love in which the author managed to fuse the words with their images.

“Symphony in yellow” by O. Wilde

An omnibus across the bridge

Crawls like a yellow butterfly,

And, here and there, a passer-by

Shows like a restless little midge.

Big barges full of yellow hay,

Are moved against the shadowy wharf,

And like a yellow silken scarf,

The thick fog hangs along the quay.

The yellow leaves begin to fade,

And flutter from the temple elms,

And at my feet the pale green Thames

Lies like a rod of rippled jade.