The poet Philip Levine died on Feb. 14, 2015 at the age of 87. A two-time National Book Award winner, Pulitzer Prize recipient, and former U.S. Poet Laureate, Levine cast a wide net when looking for subject matter, and wrote poems about things that aren't usually commemorated in poetry form anymore, like assembly lines and abandoned factories. Levine's use of memory and his command of language to convey both strength and weakness in moments of realization and revelation is unparalleled in modern poetry. Here are ten vocabulary words from Levine's poems.
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