The short lyric poem, "maggie and milly and molly and may," is written by a famous American poet, Edward Estlin Cummings. The poem is about four young girls that go to the beach. Each girl's personality is revealed by what she does.

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The short lyric poem, "maggie and milly and molly and may," is written by a famous American poet, Edward Estlin Cummings. The poem is about four young girls that go to the beach. Each girl's personality is revealed by what she does. The speaker is hidden. The poem has theme, alliteration, consonance, simile, and irregular rhyme scheme. There are a lot of feelings and emotions.

         Four young girls went to the beach to play. Maggie found a seashell that sang so pleasant that she couldn’t remember her problems. Milly became friends with a starfish. Molly was chased by a crab that frightened her. And May came home with a smooth stone that she found. Finally, E. E. Cummings concludes by making a profound statement: we find ourselves by the sea.

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        The speaker in the poem could be either a male of a female. The speaker was most likely hidden somewhere, and he/she was observing what the kids were playing with or what they found. The speaker then compared it with life. The theme of the poem is finding one's self. One of the alliterations used in the poem is the title itself," maggie and milly and molly and may." There is also consonance used in the poem such as "blowing bubbles" and "stranded star." There are few similes used in the poem which are "may came home with a smooth ...

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