During our first session, we parsed and analyzed an enigmatic poem by ee Cummings. As a radical Modernist poet ,Cummings breaks rules of conventional English , and creates images in unique ways. To enter this world of Modernism , we first noted the use of antonyms in most lines, and symbols noting the passing of time such as ",sun, moon ,stars and rain" and the ongoing chiming of bells " floating up and down." We further noted the use of "anyone" and "no one" as both individuals and universal characters who defy the conventionality of the "everyones" who don't live their dreams but instead "sleep " them. During our second session, we had an interactive on-line lesson studying "Musee des Beaux Arts" by Auden. In this lesson ,we were able to on a single shared screen see the text of the poem, study marginal literary commentary, and focus on sections of the paintings by Bruegel that are the subject of the poem. Studying the relevant Renaissance paintings along side the poetry, highlighted the poem's theme of societal and Nature's indifference to human tragedy and suffering. Nina especially appreciated the ability to closely examine the tragedies at the "edges" of the paintings that are often overlooked by the casual museum visitor and noted how the poem's theme hence overlaps with the artist's theme . We further began to examine how styrax and biblical allusions convey meaning .