This paper discusses a work by Baudelaire in which a dog loves the smell of his feces, and applies aspects of the work to the writings of E.E. Cummings. The author concludes that change, like dog shit, is foreign and difficult to handel at first. This three page paper uses no sources.
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is the dog is familiar with its own smells, and may even be content with them. When basic functions are described it - the dog - the public -
has difficulty with change. Translating change into dog shit does take some getting used to - Baudelaire loved being graphic, and sometimes that takes getting used to as well.
That same quality of foreign-ness can be applied to the work of poet, E.E. Cummings. .BBeecumm.doc e e cummings and Baudelaires dog
Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., December 2000 Introduction Baudelaire writes of a dog that was in love with
its own feces, and disdained all those nice cover-up smells. Comparisons have been made with the public in general who disdains the experimental in the same way. What
is happening is not obscene or even foul smelling, rather it is the dog is familiar with its own smells, and may even be content with them. When basic
functions are described it - the dog - the public - has difficulty with change. Translating change into dog shit does take some getting used to - Baudelaire loved
being graphic, and sometimes that takes getting used to as well. That same quality of foreign-ness can be applied to the work of poet, E.E. Cummings. E.E. Cummings There
is a beginning tendency to think that a poet who uses small letters in their name might be simplistic or easy to understand. And if you believe that,
let me tell you about the ocean front property that I have for sale in Arizona. Cummings has be criticized for his erratic spelling, punctuation and initial undecipherability. That
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