Great Poem to discuss by E.E. Cummings

I would like to know what everyone thinks of this poem, I saw this poem when I was about 16, I think every year I look at it something changes.

1(a

le
af
fa
ll

s)
one
l

iness

By E E Cummings

Hmm...interesting.

I kinda deciphered it as:

A leaf falls as one, loneliness.

me too

you have to look at the poem much closer then that. the poem is very deep.

Edited. Incorrect information.

sorry Zoe But I have to Disagree with you on that one.... http://www.gvsu.edu/english/cummings/caps.htm

I'm sorry...I have sent you an email as well.

something I found on the net

Although one may think of l(a as a poem of sadness and
loneliness, Cummings probably did not intend that. This poem is about
individuality - oneness (Kid 200-1). The theme of oneness can be
derived from the numerous instances and forms of the number '1'
throughout the poem. First, 'l(a' contains both the number 1 and the
singular indefinite article, 'a'; the second line contains the French
singular definite article, 'le'; 'll' on the fifth line represents two
ones; 'one' on the 7th line spells the number out; the 8th line, 'l',
isolates the number; and 'iness', the last line, can mean "the state
of being I" - that is, individuality - or "oneness", deriving the
"one" from the lowercase roman numeral 'i' (200). Cummings could have
simplified this poem drastically ("a leaf falls:/loneliness"), and
still conveyed the same verbal message, but he has altered the normal
syntax in order that each line should show a 'one' and highlight the
theme of oneness. In fact, the whole poem is shaped like a '1' (200).
The shape of the poem can also be seen as the path of a falling leaf;
the poem drifts down, flipping and altering pairs of letters like a
falling leaf gliding, back and forth, down to the ground. The
beginning 'l(a' changes to 'le', and 'af' flips to 'fa'. 'll'
indicates a quick drop of the leaf, which has slowed by a longer line,
'one'. Finally, the leaf falls into the pile of fallen leaves on the
ground, represented by 'iness'. Cummings has written this poem so
perfectly that every part of it conveys the message of oneness and
individuality (200).