Iam falling impartially on roads and roofs, on bamboo thickets, on people my name recalls rich seas on rainy nights. each drop that hits the surface eliciting luminous response from a million algae: my name is a whisper of sequins. ha! the underlined words in this excerpt from levertov's "overheard over s. e. asia," create a _ _tone in ambivalent dreamlike eerie romantic