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

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

From Seattle Times

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

From Seattle Times

Moreover, major poets of the late 1960s and the ’70s wrote overtly political poetry: Adrienne Rich, Denise Levertov, Robert Duncan and Robert Lowell — to name a few.

From New York 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