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Elegy for Jane by Theodore Roethke is an elegy by a teacher on the untimely demise of one of her students; Jane. The girl, Jane, was thrown by a horse, resulting in her untimely demise. It blends the tone of nostalgia, sympathy, love and moral dilemma. The speaker in this poem is the teacher of the dead girl, which shows the reader's curiosity about the nature of the relationship between the ...
Jane's death makes him acutely aware of the fact that, like Jane, like life, everything will come to an end. "Elegy for Jane" was published as part of Roethke's book The Waking in 1953. The book went on to win the Pulitzer Prize and help cement Roethke's place in the twentieth-century poetry canon (probably the reason you're reading him now).
16 de feb. de 2013 · I came across ‘Elegy for Jane’ having found poems by Theodore Roethke in Ted Hughes’ classic anthology of poems and writing ideas Poetry in the Making.This led me on to buying and devouring the anthology he edited with Seamus Heaney, The Rattlebag. I was also persuaded that Heaney himself was such a fan.
24 de jun. de 2024 · Elegy For Jane. (My student, thrown by a horse) I remember the neckcurls, limp and damp as tendrils; And her quick look, a sidelong pickerel smile; And how, once started into talk, the light syllables leaped for her. And she balanced in the delight of her thought, A wren, happy, tail into the wind, Her song trembling the twigs and small branches.
Elegy For Jane by Theodore Roethke (My student, thrown by a horse) I remember the neckcurls, limp and damp as tendrils; And her quick look, a sidelong pickerel smile; And how, once startled into talk, the light syllables leaped for her, And she balanced in the delight of her thought, A wren, happy, tail into the wind, Her song trembling the twigs and small branches.
Discussion of themes and motifs in Theodore Roethke's Elegy for Jane. eNotes critical analyses help you gain a deeper understanding of Elegy for Jane so you can excel on your essay or test.
