since feeling is first

since feeling is first
who pays any attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you;

wholly to be a fool
while Spring is in the world

my blood approves,
and kisses are a far better fate
than wisdom
lady i swear by all flowers. Don't cry
--the best gesture of my brain is less than
your eyelids' flutter which says

we are for eachother: then
laugh, leaning back in my arms
for life's not a paragraph

And death i think is no parenthesis


-e. e. cummings 

Analysis of poetry:

This poem is fairly contrary to the very nature of Cummings's writing. He used "incorrect" syntax to show his feelings in his poems, but this one states that life can not be captured in writing. "for life's not a paragraph / And death i think is no parenthesis" Although Cummings contradicts himself, the very nature of this poem does reveal the depth of life just the way he intended it to. The mere fact that Cummings states that "life's not a paragraph" shows how important life is. This poem is also quite romantic. "--the best gesture of my brain is less than / your eyelids' flutter" To Cummings, this small gesture is much more important than any intellectual thought ever produced.