Levertov

American  

[lev-er-tawf, -tof] / ˈlɛv ərˌtɔf, -ˌtɒf /

noun

1. Denise, 1923–97, U.S. poet, born in England.

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Example Sentences

“It’s an attack on an entire community,” Levertov said.

From Seattle Times

Rabbi Levi Levertov said the sign was of little material value, but that damaging a religious display was disturbing.

From Seattle Times

Over the years, he sought outsiders and underground voices, and his little press gave early exposure to writers who would come to define a generation: Norman Mailer, Denise Levertov and, especially, the freewheeling Beats.

From Washington Post

Denise Levertov, who regarded the line break as “a form of punctuation additional to the punctuation that forms part of the logic of completed thoughts,” once wrote that the “line-end pause” is “equal to half a comma.”

From New York Times

Without denigrating the achievements of male Irish poets, including William Butler Yeats, Patrick Kavanagh and Seamus Heaney, Ms. Boland also looked for inspiration to American poets Adrienne Rich and Denise Levertov, whose works often embodied a politically engaged, female sensibility.

From Washington Post