JOURNAL ARTICLE

Breathing with Denise Levertov.

  • Published In: Substance: A Review of Theory & Literary Criticism, 2023, v. 52, n. 1. P. 160 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Batt, Noëlle; Levertov, Denise 3 of 3

Abstract

The author proposes the poem "Breathing" by Denise Levertov as an antidote to violence and pain and a gesture of hope in the future relations between humans, plants and animals. The author describes the peacefulness of the imaginary landscape sketched by Levertov with her personification of trees, linking of two words by a paronomastic effect, use of verb of perception and affirmative use of the verb to express a state, a way of being, absoluteness, perfection and feeling of happiness.

Additional Information

  • Source:Substance: A Review of Theory & Literary Criticism. 2023/01, Vol. 52, Issue 1, p160
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0049-2426
  • DOI:10.1353/sub.2023.a900547
  • Accession Number:164562282

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