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GERTRUDE STEIN by MINA LOY

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: CURIE
Last Line: A RADIUM OF THE WORD.
Subject(s): CURIE, MARIE (1867-1934); STEIN, GERTRUDE (1874-1946); WOMEN;

Curie
of the laboratory
of vocabulary
she crushed
the tonnage
of consciousness
congealed to phrases
to extract
a radium of the word.



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