SOURCE: "The Crystal Glance of Love: Judith Wright as a Love Poet," in The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, Vol. VI, No. 1, June, 1971, pp. 42–52.

Here, Kohli contrasts Wright's work with the more overtly sensual poems of Indian poet Kamala Das. Kohli argues that words and communication have a higher value in Judith Wright's poetic vision of love than they do in the poetry of Das, whose emphasis on passion "makes words irrelevant." The critic also maintains that Wright's work depicts love as a source of contentment and completion.

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