Buffalo Bill's (poem)

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"Buffalo Bill's"
by E. E. Cummings
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Publisher The Dial
Publication date1920

"Buffalo Bill's" is a poem by E. E. Cummings, first published in 1920 by The Dial . [1] [2] [3]

History

The poem tells a short story of Buffalo Bill, a "blue eyed boy" who rides a stallion before being overtaken by "Mister Death". [1]

Despite initial assumptions, the identity of Buffalo Bill in the story is unrelated to that of the American soldier of the same name, who died three years before the poem was published. [1] Academic Thomas Dilworth stated that the poem includes pederastic connotations. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dilworth, Thomas (1995). "Cummings's Buffalo Bill's" . The Explicator. 53 (3): 174–175. doi:10.1080/00144940.1995.9937269. ISSN   0014-4940.
  2. ↑ Funkhouser, Linda Bradley (1979). "Acoustical Rhythms in "Buffalo Bill's"". Journal of Modern Literature. 7 (2): 219–242. ISSN   0022-281X.
  3. ↑ Olsen, Taimi (2002). ""Buffalo Bill's" as Hypertext". Spring (11): 41–46. ISSN   0735-6889.
  4. ↑ Klopack, Eric T. (2013). "Implications of Pederasty in BUFFALO BILL'S" . The Explicator. 71 (3): 150–152. doi:10.1080/00144940.2013.810130. ISSN   0014-4940.
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