[love is more thicker than forget]

    By e.e. cummings 

love is more thicker than forget
more thinner than recall
more seldom than a wave is wet
more frequent than to fail

it is most mad and moonly 
and less it shall unbe
than all the sea which only 
is deeper than the sea

love is less always than to win 
less never than alive
less bigger than the least begin
less littler than forgive

it is most sane and sunly
and more is cannot die
than all the sky which only
is higher than the sky 

E. E. Cummings, famous for his tendency to stray from typically accepted grammatical rules, is by far one of my favorite poets. His 'rebellious' nature, in sort, brings about a clean cut, down to earth, feeling about his poetry. Although short and precise, his poems are eccentric and interesting, and I can't help but enjoy his distinct personal style. 

Here, here! We run into that fickle little question once again - the question that exists among toddlers and adolescents, old people and young people. What is love? And here, I allow [love is more thicker than words] to come into play...this poem is the best definition I have ever encountered. 

In this poem, Cummings employs and emphasizes the use of comparisons to depict the nature of love, its vitality and flexibility, and what it truly encompasses. He begins his first stanza by comparing love to forgetfulness, perhaps indicating the changeable and inconsistent nature by which is it exists. Similar to the "forgetfulness", he introduces the concept of "waves", both words having the connotation of being inconsistent, coming and going, almost being erratic and capricious. Oddly, at the same time he counters both of these statements with their opposites, evident in the apparent contrast in the phrases "love is more thicker than forget" being followed by "more thinner than recall." By utilizing this sharp contrast, Cummings goes on to portray the fickle nature of love, and the idea that it may not always truly be as it appears. These elements of what makes love 'fickle' is seen in Cumming's diction, another example seen in the use of the word "moonly" (as moon phases are not constant). With the short phrases and abrupt changes in topic, Cummings allows for the structure of the poem itself to be representative of the meaning it is attempting to deliver. 

The end of the second stanza offers a transition in the tone and meaning of the poem. Preceded by a more playful tone about the whimsical nature of love, the stanzas subsequent to the second begin to take a deeper and more poignant tone, emphasizing the power and depth of this emotion. He proceeds to compare love to the depth of the sea, the vitality of being alive, and the immortality of being unable to die. The last stanza is most significant: 

it is most sane and sunly
and more is cannot die
than all the sky which only
is higher than the sky 

By using the phrases "cannot die" and "higher than the sky" Cummings acknowledges that love is something beyond the scope of human abilities, and although humans can feel it, they are incapable of consciously putting it into words or sensing the transition into the transcendent state of being. In addition to the interpretation of his work, his syntax and diction is reflective of the idea of love. The grammatical flaws that characterize his style have a significance to them. Creating words such as "sunly" and "moonly", and using phrases like "more thicker" and "less bigger", not only emphasizes the intensity and sensitivity of emotion, but also highlights the unavoidable sense of confusion that love is entangled within.   

Above all, E. E. Cummings is able to convey that love is, in essence, incomparable. Nothing can compare to love – not forget, nor recall, not death, nor the sky. And that folks, is what I consider the best definition of love.