Between Green

Between Green - meaning Summary

Nature as Ecstatic Motion

Cummings’ short lyric compresses an ecstatic vision of nature as dancing, sensual energy. Images—“green mountains,” a “flinger of fire,” red rivers, a flashing bacchant—collapse landscape and human passion into a single riot of motion. The poem emphasizes union and indivisibility through kinetic, celebratory language, suggesting ritualized release and a seamless merger of body, element, and delight rather than a literal scene or narrative.