The speaker states that anyone who believes in structuring
emotion in logic and order will never fully experience that emotion. The emotion must be
felt first. If the emotion is filtered through a logical or intellectual medium, it
becomes less significant and less sincere.
The speaker uses
grammatical structure to signify this structure and order. Cummings is known for mixing
word order and ignoring the traditional rules of grammar and traditional styles in
poetry. One who pays attention to syntax is too concerned with order; not concerned
enough with feeling. Life is not as ordered as a paragraph. Life is full of tangents and
word fragments. Life is more like poetry than prose. Therefore, the flutter of eyelids
is a more natural, spontaneous, genuine and sincere gesture than something that is
logically constructed like the best gesture of his
brain.
Emotion is more spontaneous than logical thinking.
Words free of syntax are less restrained. The speaker is saying the same thing about
emotion. Free of logic, emotion is less restrained.
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