# Is 5

Author: Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962

Genre: Category: Poetry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77021

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Is+5+Cummings&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

At least my theory of technique, if I have one, is very far from original; nor is it complicated. I can express it in fifteen words, by quoting The Eternal Question And Immortal Answer of burlesk, viz. “Would you hit a woman with a child?--No, I’d hit her with a brick.” Like the burlesk comedian, I am abnormally fond of that precision which creates movement.

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/is-5-77021/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/is-5-77021/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/is-5-77021/chapters/3/index.md)