anyone who lived in a pretty how town Themes
Death
If there's one thing Cummings wants you to be aware of in "anyone lived in a pretty how town," it's the fact that death exists and that you are going to die someday. Cummings seems to think that re...
Love
Cummings wants us to know about death, but he also wants us to know about love. After all, love is one of our only consolations for knowing that we're going to die someday. It's our duty to do what...
Man and the Natural World
When Cummings talks about love and death in "[anyone lived in a pretty how town]," he always weaves these themes together with the theme of nature. The reason he does this is because he wants to re...
Family
In "anyone lived in a pretty how town," Cummings is pretty suspicious of the concept of family, especially when family becomes an excuse for not caring about anyone other than yourself and your chi...