How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #1
All in green went my love riding (1)
When a poem starts off describing the very first subject of the very first sentence as "my love," we don't have to work too hard to assume that the poem is about… love.
Quote #2
Horn at hip went my love riding (11)
Notice how Cummings clusters a bunch of descriptors around the "love"? There's something interesting going on with the way that the alliterative phrase "horn at hip" works, too. It seems like it should be part of an entire clause, something like "wearing a horn at her hip,…" You get the picture. But instead, Cummings cuts out all the extra language, making the resulting poem as lean as the hounds racing by the hunter's side.