Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anyone lived in a pretty how town

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The result was keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Less Unless (talk) 05:23, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

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fails general notability guideline. ltbdl (talk) 13:45, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

:It's a fairly well-known poem by a definitely notable author... AnonMoos (talk) 18:27, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

  • Keep per the spirit of WP:NBOOK criteria 4 and 5. Wikipedia should have an article on every poem by e. e. cummings, for heaven's sake. Potential sources found via the arduous process of clicking the "Books" link above: [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ways_of_Reading/hYpTr3P-VjYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Anyone+lived+in+a+pretty+how+town%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA35&printsec=frontcover][https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Book_of_Literary_Terms/zlbSEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Anyone+lived+in+a+pretty+how+town%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA201&printsec=frontcover][https://www.google.com/books/edition/Poetic_Designs/fG6jgkEiQMMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Anyone+lived+in+a+pretty+how+town%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA43&printsec=frontcover][https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_History_of_Modern_Poetry/TTeKPg_zeqsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Anyone+lived+in+a+pretty+how+town%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA46&printsec=frontcover][https://www.google.com/books/edition/Encyclopedia_of_American_Poetry_The_Twen/noCrAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Anyone+lived+in+a+pretty+how+town%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA164&printsec=frontcover][https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Study_Guide_for_E_E_Cumming_s_anyone_l/4KBwCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Anyone+lived+in+a+pretty+how+town%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT3&printsec=frontcover][https://www.google.com/books/edition/Linguistics_and_English_Literature/iwiKDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Anyone+lived+in+a+pretty+how+town%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA119&printsec=frontcover]. XOR'easter (talk) 19:55, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
  • Keep per XOR'easter. A full entry in the [https://books.google.com/books?id=noCrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA164 Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century] by itself establishes notability, and contains references to further reading, including two journal articles solely devoted to the poem. Eddie891 Talk Work 12:01, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

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