“Next to of course god america i” is a poem by E.E. Cummings that satirizes the arrogant inflexibility with which politicians talk about patriotism to manufacture an idealistic sense of pride national. Saturated with uncommon poetic practices, Cummings exploits unconventional syntax, lack of punctuation, and an overall rushed and seemingly nonsensical form of writing to emphasize the poem's satirical tone and to poke fun at the absurdity of the extremes to which it goes patriotism. to of course god america i” plays with diction, syntax, punctuation, and form in a way that makes the poem difficult to read, in much the same way that Cummings finds it difficult to understand the speaker's message about patriotism in the first stanza, a politician, is giving. For example, being fourteen lines long, the poem can be called a sonnet, a form usually associated with love poems. Cummings, however, modifies the sonnet, shaping it into two stanzas of different lengths instead of three quatrains followed by a couplet. The first verse is a speech given by a politician and is indicated in quotation marks, while the second verse, only one line long, is a commentary. In this way, Cummings ties the symbolic meaning of distorting the poem's form to the idea that nationalism also has dark and distorted aspects. The poem is a Petrarchan sonnet with irregular meter rhymed into an ABABCDCD octave and an EFGFEG sestet. Traditional Petrarchan sonnets have a sextet rhyme scheme of EDEFEF, so here too Cummings alters the form to draw attention to the central theme of the poem. It is in the last six lines that the meaning of the poem is exposed with a series of rhetorical questions that sarcastically describe the massacre of the soldier... middle of paper... ce of freedom", but its importance contrasts sharply with the stupidity of his message. The last line of the poem also boasts many interpretations. It may simply mean that he "quickly drinks a glass of water" because he is thirsty from having delivered such a fast and superfluous speech. speaker could throw water so quickly in an attempt to cleanse himself of all the lies he has told (GCSE Revision, 2012).EE Cummings shows his adamant anti-war and anti-patriotic feelings in the satirical poem "next to obviously God America i." Through his use of unorthodox forms and structures, Cummings was able to effectively convey the perversity of blind patriotism. While the voices of freedom may be loud, they are not always honest. Too much intransigence of any kind can lead to radicalism, and even when you love your country, you have to love it properly..