Denise Levertov

About Poet: Denise Levertov was born in the United Kingdom 1923 and died in Washington in 1997. Levertov never received a formal education as a kid, therefore, she was taught by her parents about religion and the art of writing. When Levertov was growing up, she was an agnostic (later converted to Christianity in 1984) and many of her poems talk about religion. Due to her writing style, she was considered to be a “Black Mountain” poet. Black Mountain poets were poets in the 1940s and 1950s that attended Black Mountain college in North Carolina (Poetry Foundation). She and only a handful of others attended the college that was led by John Andrew Rice. He enforced four principles that were instilled in the university, which led to all students…

The 1971 poem, “What were they like?” by Denise Levertov, imagines a world where the Vietnam War escalates into a nuclear war. By writing this poem, Levertov hoped to persuade Americans to protest against the 17-year long war. Through Levertov’s own experience as a marginalized Russian Jewish woman, she is able to provide thoughtful insight into the perspectives of the victims of the war and ultimately show the consequences of war. This essay will be delving into the ways as to how the poem…

Poetry seeks to convey a message, whether direct or indirect. As the audience, it’s our job to dissect the meaning in order to fully uncover the emotions that the poem is trying to express. As with all poetry, the poem “The Ache of Marriage” by Denise Levertov, found on page 863 in Volume II, uses aspects of poetry as a tool to assist in communicating her thoughts. Levertov applies the theme of marriage, love, and religion to discuss the up and downs of the institution of marriage. The poem by…

written text(s) In the poem “What were they like?” the poet Denise Levertov uses certain language techniques to show the comparison of the culture before and after the bombing to emphasize that not only people are lost in the war but also the culture. Levertov uses antithesis, repetition and personification to illustrate the devastation of the Vietnam War. Throughout the poem, Levertov reveals the true horrors of the change in culture through the incorporation of horrific imagery in the form…

In the poem “What Were They Like”, Denise Levertov uses various language features to portray how the Vietnamese culture has been lost from the effects of the horrific war when a reporter asks questions to a Vietnamese soldier. The writer uses repetition to convey her message very clearly about how the war was the reason that the Vietnamese culture was lost along with the two narrative voices with a question and an answer structure and imagery to paint a vivid picture about this poem. In “What…

The poem "Talking to Grief" by Denise Levertov is actually very funny at the start; for some reason, the fact that this person is talking to something that causes people so much pain is extremely funny to me. The poem has the person inviting grief into their home saying that they should have some water or somewhere warm for grief since it is always around. The thing about how I broke it down is that Levertov says that grief should be welcomed into the house just because it helps with the healing…

Throughout this course we’ve examined Appalachia as a separate and distinct region within the United States. The question of whether it’s a subculture or a colony is rather muddy at best. The Oxford Dictionary defines subculture as: “A cultural group within a larger culture, often having beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture”. While this is true of Appalachia to some degree, the problem lies within its geographical area and the large number of subcultures that live in…

television. His role in ‘Two and Half Men’, gave him three Emma award nominations and two golden globe award nominations. He gained 1.8 million per episode during his final episode which made him the highest-paid actor on television. (Bio.). Charlie Sheen was married three times and has five children and also one grandchild. In 1990, he shot his fiancé, Kelly Preston, in her arm, accidently. He afterwards dated several adult film actress. Sheen first got married on September 3, 1995, whose…

going to be the stepping-stool needed to realize the aspired for “American Dream”. However, while it was the rise of machine-based manufacturing and technology, it was also the fall of opportunity for the independent farmer, merchant and artisan. Wage labor became the norm—this could have been a wonderful advancement, but factories and mining operations were not regulated by the government; owners were able to treat their workers in whatever manner they saw fit. Among the worst conditions…

Published in 1972 Learning from Las Vegas by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour analyzes the architecture of the commercial strip in Las Vegas as an object of communication and persuasion. The architecture along the strip acts as sign rather than space with the intentions of creating an architectural object capable of seducing and luring the spectator at mid glance. Venturi translated the Las Vegas strip as a form of architecture that relied solely on iconicity as…