SOURCE: "Songs of Experience: Denise Levertov's Political Poetry," in Contemporary Literature, Vol. 27, No. 2, Summer, 1986, pp. 213-32.
In this essay, Smith addresses Levertov's development as a political poet, tracing her evolution as a writer from one who creates largely mystical verse to an "engaged" author often concerned with war and revolution.
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