Word: levertov
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...other Scholars are: Mrs. Beatrice Lauter of Geneva, N.Y., Mrs. Hazel Morrison and Mrs. Mary Sadovnikoff of Providence, R.I., Miss Denise Levertov of New York City. Miss Ilse Hecht of Berlin, and Mrs. Cana Maeda and Miss Michiko Inukal of Tokyo...
...Miss Levertov's most recent volume of poetry, The Jacob's Ladder, shows a preoccupation with the problem of communication. Not only is this her major theme, but she also sees communication as her primary duty as a poet. Good poetry, she says in "A Common Ground...
Perhaps one mark of the great great poet is the ability to communicate effectively without being literally comprehensible. When Miss Levertov writes, in "Night on Hatchet Cove...
...collection provides a striking contrast to "During the Eichman Trial." "A Solitude" dissects a fleeting emotion: the poet sees a blind man, and is overcome with a feeling of "strange joy/to gaze my fill at a stranger's face." It is a remarkable poem, and it illustrates Miss Levertov's talent to perceive and see meaning in the seemingly inconsequential aspects of our lives...
...this sort of awakening, which Miss Levertov experiences in almost every aspect of life, that she imparts in her poetry. It makes reading her poetry a rewarding, highly moving discovery...