Exploring Denise Levertovs Poetic Mastery in Selected Poems

Student’s NameProfessor’s NameInstitutionDate of submission Book Review: Selected Poems Denise Levertov is a renowned poet writer who is known to have brought American literature into the mainstream of American life. She was born in London in 1923. As child, Levertov participated in several literature writing that saw become a guru poetic writer at the first half of the 20th century. She has won many awards from her poetic work making her one of the most important American poets of the time. She died in 1997 at the age of 84 years. Her shrewdness in poetry writing will forever linger in many minds in centuries to come. This paper explores Levertov work from the book, Selected Poems. The book is culled from a correction of many poetry books that she wrote throughout her life. In the review, the paper will pay attention to the stylistic devices, themes, and features employed in the book. What I particularly liked about the book is its ability to have employed a combination of various instances that describes Levertov life experience. From just reading the book one becomes conversant with how the author spent her life in almost six decades. When she was a young girl she spent most of her time with her mother who educated her from home. It is during this time that Levertov realizes her potential in poetic writing. She interacts with other authors such as Williams Carlos Williams and Charles Olson who become her mentors. Her writing moments are marked by a lot of consultations from these mentors to emerge as among the best poem writers in America. From the book we realize that, Levertov was not born in America, she moved there from London while in the pursuit to follow her dreams and to be engaged to an American husband who once spend his life in America. The