Cummings is also famous for bringing in one peculiar discordant note, i.e. the “goat-footed” adjective. We are left to ponder why a child notices the seemingly discordant observation of a handicap.

Ultimately, we can also see that it is the author describing his peculiar viewpoints.

Everything else is just word-play with pictures and feelings.

Some people believe that e.e. cummings was an obsessive sexual pervert, and that it showed in his poetry. If you re-read the poem from that perspective, you might find a different interpretation.

I don’t know really. I think I write better crap than that.