Warm Memories In Denise Levertov's A Time Past
Warm Memories
Denise Levertov's "A Time Past" is a poem illustrating a warm and friendly memory of a distant past that she recalls as if it were yesterday. She uses powerful imagery and symbolism and sets a tone of comfort and joy. An overview of these three tools will show how she developed these throughout the poem. The first tool that one notices is Levertov's use of imagery. Her mention of "that fall morning" (1.2) brings to mind sunshine, clear skies, and trees covered in bright oranges and reds. Also, the image of granite steps in place of wooden steps brings to mind, not a warm memory, but the reality of the present. But the most striking image is of the loving warmth from the "old wooden steps" (1.1) that are now gone. They
Denise Levertov's "A Time Past" is a poem illustrating a warm and friendly memory of a distant past that she recalls as if it were yesterday. She uses powerful imagery and symbolism and sets a tone of comfort and joy. An overview of these three tools will show how she developed these throughout the poem. The first tool that one notices is Levertov's use of imagery. Her mention of "that fall morning" (1.2) brings to mind sunshine, clear skies, and trees covered in bright oranges and reds. Also, the image of granite steps in place of wooden steps brings to mind, not a warm memory, but the reality of the present. But the most striking image is of the loving warmth from the "old wooden steps" (1.1) that are now gone. They