What Work Is

This week I take a look at the poem What Work Is by Philip Levine. I'll be focusing on how Levine tried his best to present the working classes in a new and dignified light, how he used an economy of language and love of physical description to engage his listen then, most importantly, how he examined the toll intense labour and poverty had on the human condition.A copy of the poem can be found here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52173/what-work-isThe shownotes for today's episode, with full references can be found here: https://wordsthatburnpodcast.com/You can get in touch with me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wordsthatburnpodcast/ or by email : [email protected] music in this weeks episode is Solace by Scott Buckley and is used under creative commons license. Enjoy his music here: https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.