Overland to the Islands

by Denise Levertov

This is the title poem from her 1958 collection.  Click here for the text (scroll down).  Click here for my audio of the poem.

Photo from http://schoolforthedead.com/albums/I-Like-Animals/black_dog_green_grass.sized.jpg

Discussion questions:

1. How does the dog in the poem represent human perception?
2. What senses does the language of the poem appeal to?
3. What in this poem resonates with Levertov's poem "Pleasures"?

created by Stan Galloway 20 June 2005.  Last updated 15 September 2005.  Contact me at sgallowa@bridgewater.edu