Chad Dunn Instructor Stewart English 2130 26 November 2011 Roles of Literary Elements in Root Cellar Theodore Roethke is a writer that had to go through many hardships throughout his life‚ but where he dealt with his hardships would eventually lead him to write some of the most successful and inspirational poetry such as Root Cellar (Balakian 4). As Peter Balakian says in Theodore Roethke ’s Far Fields: The Evolution of His Poetry‚ “His father’s twenty-five acres of greenhouses in the Saginaw Valley
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In a Dark Time BY THEODORE ROETHKE In a dark time‚ the eye begins to see‚ I meet my shadow in the deepening shade; I hear my echo in the echoing wood— A lord of nature weeping to a tree. I live between the heron and the wren‚ Beasts of the hill and serpents of the den. What’s madness but nobility of soul At odds with circumstance? The day’s on fire! I know the purity of pure despair‚ My shadow pinned against a sweating wall. That place among the rocks—is it a cave‚ Or
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In the famous poem‚ Root Cellar‚ author Theodore Roethke uses immensely visual and sensory images. The reader not only experiences going down into the cellar through the intense description‚ but also through the imagery‚ along with a few powerful similes that give life to the root cellar’s contents and creates a sense of awareness for the reader. In the first line‚ the words “dank as a ditch‚” are an example of a simile that brings some clarity to the cellar because now there is something to compare
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Root Cellar After reading the poem written by Theodore Roethke‚ entitled Root Cellar‚ I envisioned a dark‚ scary‚ ghost story. The poem was very understandable to read and on the surface it explains vegetables in a root cellar. The text has a literal meaning of that but the figurative language Roethke used in his poem painted a very different picture then a plan root cellar. I saw dead and living things in the dark. I believe the poem Root Cellar is about more than just an underground pantry of
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Period 5 2/21/11 Theodore Roethke: Impact on Literature There are many influential aspects of life such as a person ’s childhood‚ family‚ or career just to name a few. What makes these effects so influential is their impact on everyday habits and important decisions people have to make. Poets are no exception to this same idea. In fact‚ the events that affect the poet ’s life can be seen through his or her writings. Theodore Roethke‚ a twentieth century poet‚ is a great example of this concept
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“I want to photosynthesize” (Theodore Roethke). Representing the parallels between photosynthesizing and growth‚ transcendentalist poet Theodore Huebner Roethke focuses on the experiences he has with the symbolic greenhouse‚ which his childhood centers on‚ in Saginaw‚ Michigan. The American poet illustrates the association of nature with freedom in the coming of age poem “Child On top of a Greenhouse. The poem involves a persona that is breaking free of the confinement of the greenhouse; a child
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The descriptive poem written by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Theodore Roethke‚ deals with an aggressive storm and all its effects on the environment: the surrounding nature and the people experiencing it. The storm is described in a disorganized manner to highlight the big chaos the storm causes. Nature is precisely illustrated‚ because it reacts on the storm and thus is an important factor for the description of the storm. The people simply give an extra dimension to the poem‚ and the theme of men
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Granny’s Garbage Theodore Roethke was raised in Michigan‚ where cities and towns are woven with lakes‚ streams‚ and rivers. This atmosphere gave Roethke a "mystical reverence for nature‚" (McMichael‚ 1615) and allowed him to take a grotesque image and transform it into natural magnificence. A great example of this is Roethke’s poem "Root Cellar." The poem describes a cellar‚ which most people would consider to be a death-baring‚ cold place. Instead‚ Roethke gives the dungeon life and enchantment
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Roethke Research Paper In 1908‚ Theodore Huebner Roethke was born in Saginaw‚ Michigan. There he was raised by his mother and father‚ who owned a greenhouse with their uncle. As a child‚ he spent much time in the greenhouse observing the nature‚ which greatly influenced his future works. Roethke attended Arthur Hill High School and later graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan in 1929. Afterword he took a few graduate classes at Michigan and Harvard‚ but was unhappy and left
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writing to represent the meaning they are trying to convey. They use numerous strategies to help and create the meaning they want to showcase within a reader’s mind. An author’s specific word choice‚ imagery‚ and sensory details assist with the process of shaping meaning
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