[Elizabeth Jennings's] title, Consequently I Rejoice, is a brave and appropriate one for her new collection, in which she shows herself better able to face up to the realities of anguish than many more self-indulgent poets. Her themes are the naturally dramatic themes of the religious poet: pain, longing, hope, faith, love and, finally, if not victory, at least triumph. (p. 487)

Anne Stevenson, "Snaffling and Curbing," in The Listener (copyright © British Broadcasting Corp. 1977; reprinted by permission of Anne Stevenson), Vol. 98, No. 2530, October 13, 1977, pp. 486-87.∗