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Stevie Smith's The River God: Part Two.

by Janet Lewison
May 15, 2012October 8, 2012

I said yesterday that we find the voice of the River God progressively alarming. His voice provokes unease as he tries to pretend to be innocent if not benevolent. ‘I bless their swimming.’ Do… Read More »Stevie Smith's The River God: Part Two.

Stevie Smith, ‘Come on, Come back.’ An Analysis-the mind gone walkabout?

by Janet Lewison
May 7, 2012March 9, 2015
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This is a disorientating poem. It communicates a profound sadness and despair through its choice of language, images and sounds, all combining to produce an elegy for a loss that extends far beyond… Read More »Stevie Smith, ‘Come on, Come back.’ An Analysis-the mind gone walkabout?