About Denise Levertov
Poet's Full Name
What is Priscilla Denise Levertov?
Her poem "Aware" was influence by this person
What is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
What is a homeless dog?
What did her father do?
Poet's birth date
What is October 24, 1923?
Poem expresses the pain of marriage
What is the Ache of Marriage?
The line I should trust you reveals
What is how she should let grief in instead of putting it aside and not acknowledging it?
When did she start developing an interest for writing?
What is 5?
Place where poet was born and raised
What is Illford, Essex?
protest the Vietnam war(potential effects of the Vietnam war and how its culture and country would remain).
To coax grief into her home means
What is inviting grief in and making it comfortable?
Where was she educated?
What is her home?
Poems reflect her beliefs as a
What is artist and humanist?
She was influenced by these 4 people
Theme of "Talking to Grief"
What is She must learn to respect grief and its purpose. Grief is needed in order for healing?
At what age did she write her first poem?
What is 17?
4 ethnicities she was mixed with
What is German, Jewish, Welsh, and English?
Year "What Were They Like" was written in
What is 1966?
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?
What did she study when she was small?
What is ballet, art, piano and French?