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Nude

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

NUDE DESCENDING A STAIRCASE

(READING THE POEM)

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Written by X J Kennedy in 1960 based on a painting from 1916

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won the Lamont Award of the Academy of American Poet

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Uses words to describe. One woman waterfall, a long cape and collects her motions into shape.

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Doesn't say that she is naked, uses phrases.
A snowing flesh(she is pale)
A gold of lemon(the sun is shining on her)

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THE MOOD IS MYSTERIOUS

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IT IS A NARRATIVE PEOM

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Hewrote this poem to be read in an anticipating tone. In the last couple of lines, X.J. leaves the reader wondering what the woman will do next. And pausing, on the final stair, /Collects her motions into shape.

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They're is a metaphor for nature, she is described as a woman waterfall