# Is 5

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***is 5*** is a collection of [poetry](/source/Poetry) by [E. E. Cummings](/source/E._E._Cummings), published in 1926.[1] It contains 88 poems, divided into five sections.

The collection includes a number of satirical and anti-war poems, perhaps influenced by Cummings' time spent as an ambulance driver in France during the [First World War](/source/World_War_I). Notable poems from the collection are "[my sweet old etcetera](https://web.archive.org/web/19991008163420/http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/8454/276.htm)" and "[since feeling is first](/source/Since_feeling_is_first)".

## References

1. Dendinger, Lloyd N. (1981). *E. E. Cummings, the critical reception*. Ayer Publishing. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-89102-124-7.

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