Talk:Stevie Smith

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"Not Waving but Drowning" characterization removed - needs source[edit]

"Not Waving but Drowning", which explores the fundamental isolation of the poet from her audience via the medium of a misapprehension relating to a swimmer dying at sea.

This seems to be one person's interpretation of the poem. I've read other, more believable interpretations, so I'm removing this until someone can provide a source where Smith specifically says this is her intended meaning for the poem. Teddywithfangs 03:31, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lady "Rogue" Singleton[edit]

I added this. I think that the poem is famous enough to deserve a mention.SmokeyTheCat 15:18, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Requires addition of inline references using on of the {{Cite}} templates
Requires lead expanding to summarise rest of article
Requires copy-edit for WP:MOS

Keith D (talk) 10:12, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 10:12, 21 August 2008 (UTC). Substituted at 07:06, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Instead of extending the lede, I think it's the article that needs shortening. It seems to me full of non-notable ramblings. Valetude (talk) 18:06, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox/text mismatch[edit]

Statement i) (Infobox) Died: 7 March 1971 (aged 68) Ashburton, Devon, England
Statement ii) "...she moved with her mother and sister to Palmers Green in North London where Smith would live until her death in 1971"

Reconcile, please MinorProphet (talk) 03:43, 6 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]