Denise Levertov's poem "Ancient Stairway" has a very deep tone. The reader senses that the author puts a very hollow feeling to this poem. The poem is not just about the stairway. She might speak of a stairway in this poem but their is more to this poem than just the poem being ancient. It can be interpreted from this poem that this poem speaks of the lives of the people. Life is a journey and it can take a direction that is unexpected. Our life follows this past and as we look back it becomes ancient like the stairway. Life keeps taking turns and the journey's we take keep becoming old.
Who can say if the last
to climb these stairs
will be journeying
downward or upward?
These lines explain how unexpected life can be, it is never known where our life is headed.
There are so many experiences in life for all that as centuries pass, it all becomes ancient because of times changing. How one was at one point will not be the same a few years later due to the changes always occuring with time.
I enjoyed this poem a lot because it was not like other poems. Even though, it did nor follow a rime scheme or basic meter, the poem was still very smooth. The poem was still able to catch the reader's attention. The poem with its deep meaning and spooky feel to caught the reader. The poem was more fresh and unique than other poems.
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