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    A Study Guide for J. T. Barbarese's "Walk Your Body Down"
    A Study Guide for J. T. Barbarese's "Walk Your Body Down"
    A Study Guide for J. T. Barbarese's "Walk Your Body Down"
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    A Study Guide for J. T. Barbarese's "Walk Your Body Down"

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    A Study Guide for J. T. Barbarese's "Walk Your Body Down," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateSep 2, 2016
    ISBN9781535842303
    A Study Guide for J. T. Barbarese's "Walk Your Body Down"

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      A Study Guide for J. T. Barbarese's "Walk Your Body Down" - Gale

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      Walk Your Body Down

      J. T. Barbarese

      2005

      Introduction

      J. T. Barbarese's poem, Walk Your Body Down, published in 2005 in the award-winning collection The Black Beach, presents a few intense moments from the narrator's point of view as he observes an urban scene in some undisclosed city and contemplates the meaning of life. Through this poem, the reader witnesses a variety of emotions, including loneliness, frustration, and anger, as the narrator projects his feelings on and draws conclusions about his fellow city dwellers.

      Barbarese's narrator observes life around him and tries to make sense of it all. He observes the sounds and sights around him—the arguing couple, the crying baby, the man walking down the middle of the street—and weaves them together with the feelings and collected experiences of his own life, hoping that this will explain the fragmentation he sees. He sees stressful and maniacal behavior and wants to smooth the ragged edges. He senses death and wants to put a comfortable face on it. He tries to remind his readers to claim the lives that have been offered to them as gifts and to enjoy the present moment, before it is too late.

      Author Biography

      J. (Joseph) T. Barbarese was born in Philadelphia on May 18, 1948. He attended Franklin and Marshall College, Duke University, and Temple University, where he earned his doctorate. He taught writing at Friends Select School in Philadelphia, as well as at Rutgers University in New Jersey. As of 2007, he had written four books of poetry: Under the Blue Moon (1985), New Science (1989), A Very Small World (2005), and The Black Beach (2005), the collection in which Walk Your Body Down is found. Black

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