A Long Dress Poem by Gertrude Stein

A Long Dress

Rating: 2.5


That is the current that makes machinery, that makes it crackle, what is the current that presents a long line and a necessary waist. What is this current.

What is the wind, what is it.

Where is the serene length, it is there and a dark place is not a dark place, only a white and red are black, only a yellow and green are blue, a pink is scarlet, a bow is every color. A line distinguishes it. A line just distinguishes it.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kevin Straw 30 October 2012

Yawn! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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Levi Mccool Strauss 28 January 2018

Thank You Chinedu

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Viktor Mylora 16 March 2016

is the poem about a dress? Maybe of the making of - - currency yes electricity, currency as money, current fashion, the long line - assembly line = look at in this way

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Viktor Mylora 16 March 2016

it is on the slavery of the workers not the dress itself the current - currency, social flow, electricity to run the machines,

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John S 30 October 2013

I don't know if I'm missing something here (I probably am since I don't really get the point this poem is trying to make) someone please explain to me what that point is. Unless someone presents me with some deep insight, this is one of the worst poems presented as a poem of the day. Go ahead and give me a thumbs down for being honest.

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Peter Stavropoulos 30 October 2012

Very clever. Almost brilliant.

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Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein

Allegheny, Pennsylvania
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