Summary of the Poem: Who are you, little I?
The poem 'Who are you, little I ?' is composed by an American poet, essayist, novelist, E.E. Cummings. The poem describes a child looking out of a window at the end of the day. It is about nature and the effect it has on the speaker. The speaker here is E.E. Cummings.
The poem is very short. It contains only eight lines. The poem begins with the speaker standing near window and looking out at the gold of November sunset. When he was looking out, he went to a nostalgic mood in his childhood period. When he was five or six years old, he used to watch a sunset and feel the beautiful and wonderful nature. His adulthood worries has suppressed all his joys and pleasures. He thinks the day turning into night in a very beautiful way.
The main theme of the poem is non-ultimate freshness of nature in humans life. The speaker welcomes in relief from a suffering life.