Denise Levertov: The Outsider of Human Experience

“I often feel as if part of me is an outsider,” said Denise Levertov
speaking to the public after reciting a few poems in 1967. For a
women that always felt as if she was an outsider, her poetry did not
give off that image. Levertov, a modern American poet, used her
poetry to speak her mind and get her feelings out. She also wished
that some people would feel the same way and act upon it. In poetry,
a theme is a common subject or matter on which a poet tends to write
about, this could be anything from The Great Depression to ice cream.
The themes of Denise Levertovs poetry change dramatically with what
events or problems were going on in her life at the particular time of
each poem, yet all of her work is based on a human
experience(Themes).
Denise Levertov’s passion for literature started early in life. She
was born in Ilford, Essex, England on October 24, 1923. Levertov was
educated entirely at home by her mother, Beatrice Spooner, and at
age five, sh...