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Not Waving but Drowning’ by Stevie Smith (analysis)

Tanita Tikaram analyses the poem ‘Not Waving but Drowning’ by Stevie Smith. She discusses reinterpreting Smith’s verse in song, as well as the poems use of rhythm and voice.

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