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"Not Waving but Drowning" characterization removed - needs source

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"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

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

Assessment comment

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The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Stevie Smith/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

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  1. Requires addition of inline references using on of the {{Cite}} templates
  2. Requires lead expanding to summarise rest of article
  3. 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

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  • 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]