About Denise Levertov
Poems She Wrote
Analysis
Additional Info
100

Poet's Full Name

What is Priscilla Denise Levertov?

100

Her poem "Aware" was influence by this person

What is Ralph Waldo Emerson?

100
Grief is being compared to

What is a homeless dog?

100

What did her father do?

What is a teacher/ teaching?
200

Poet's birth date 

What is October 24, 1923?

200

Poem expresses the pain of marriage

What is the Ache of Marriage?

200

The line I should trust you reveals

What is how she should let grief in instead of putting it aside and not acknowledging it?




200

When did she start developing an interest for writing?

What is 5?


300

Place where poet was born and raised

What is Illford, Essex?

300
"What Were They Like" was about

 protest the Vietnam war(potential effects of the Vietnam war and how its culture and country would remain).




300

To coax grief into her home means

What is inviting grief in and making it comfortable?

300

Where was she educated?

What is her home?

400

Poems reflect her beliefs as a

What is artist and humanist?

400

She was influenced by these 4 people

What is Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson?
400

Theme of "Talking to Grief"

What is She must learn to respect grief and its purpose. Grief is needed in order for healing?




400

At what age did she write her first poem?

What is 17?

500

4 ethnicities she was mixed with

What is German, Jewish, Welsh, and English?

500

Year "What Were They Like" was written in

What is 1966?

500

How does the narrator personify grief?

What is Levertov personifies grief and treats it as it were a stray dog who is in need of a home, of warmth and acceptance?

500

What did she study when she was small?

What is ballet, art, piano and French?

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