• Cynthia Anna Edward

One of the most intrinsic parts of human life is desire. Every soul on earth desires for variety of things, may it be emotions or materialism. There is also a spiritual desire, where people long to know what would happen after death. Life is unpredictable and some situations are inevitable. E. E. Cummings also projects desires or wish of an individual to come true. The thought that the poem brings in the mind of the readers is ‘If everything happens that can’t be done’. Edward Estlin Cummings might have written this work to convey a message that life is inevitable and there is nothing such as a perfect world. It is just his desire of living in a perfect world, which actually does not exist. The most unique part of the poem If is that, it has three central themes. It consist Transcendental, Romantic and a realistic theme.

desire, inevitable, transcendental, romantic and realistic.

"A Yearn for an Exquisite Life: A Study of E. E. Cummings’ If", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no.93-96, September-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFC06022.pdf

"A Yearn for an Exquisite Life: A Study of E. E. Cummings’ If", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no. pp93-96, September-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFC06022.pdf