Mrs
Mrs - meaning Summary
Fear of an Intruder
Cummings presents neighbors "mr & mrs" who are quietly terrified of a recurring, disheveled figure who appears at twilight. The speaker reports fragmented, surreal impressions of the man—a head, ears, lips, and holes—while also registering a strange, almost admiring exhilaration. The poem compresses fear, voyeurism, and the grotesque into a jittery, parenthetical rhythm that shows how ordinary people respond with anxious distance to a disturbing, ambiguous presence.
Read Complete Analysesmrs & mr across the way are kind of afraid)afraid of what(of a crazy man)don't ask me how i know(a he of head comes to some dirty window every)twilight i feel(his lousy eyes roaming)wonderful all sky(a little mouth)stumbling(can't keep up with how big very them)now(it tears off rag its of mind chucks away flimsy which but)always(they're more much further off)further these those three disappear finally what's left behind is(just a head of he is)merely(a pair of ears with some lips plus a couple of)holes probably that's what (mr & mrs are sort of really really kind of afraid of)these(down pull & who'll shades
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