Seeker of Truth
seeker of truth
follow no path
all paths lead where
truth is here
External Structure and word choice are always very visible in E.E. Cummings' poems. I chose this poem just because E.E. Cummings' poems tell such a deep story in such few words. From the poem, the first two lines can be the path that is being mentioned from line two and it is compacted between the "truth". If the seeker of truth seeks the truth, then it will be with him/her at all times because the "truth is here". This structure is similar to a lot of his poems. He has no written rules and writes in free verse which allows him to expand his meanings furthermore than any set stanza.
As I have noticed before though, E.E. Cummings manipulates his first line of the poem to create the last line of the poem. He always encloses his poems between the first and last lines. That is unique, and it can be seen clearly in his poetry. Also, his word choice is key to the explanation of his poems. He emphasizes a few important words in all his poems. In this poem, it is "path" and "truth" and without knowing what these mean, the poem means absolutely nothing. The "seeker of truth" and the "truth is here" are what we, as mere mortals believe, and it is within the middle lines that we learn how to live and follow this way to the truth.
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