Elegy For Jane Analysis

Author: Poetry of Theodore Roethke Type: Poetry Views: 3147

(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.

The shade sang with her;

The leaves, their whispers turned to kissing,

And the mould sang in the bleached valleys under the rose.Oh, when she was sad, she cast herself down into such a pure depth,

Even a father could not find her:

Scraping her cheek against straw,

Stirring the clearest water.My sparrow, you are not here,

Waiting like a fern, making a spiney shadow.

The sides of wet stones cannot console me,

Nor the moss, wound with the last light.If only I could nudge you from this sleep,

My maimed darling, my skittery pigeon.

Over this damp grave I speak the words of my love:

I, with no rights in this matter,

Neither father nor lover.

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If a teacher may weigh in: There is no pedophilia in the poem, and he was not "in love" with the student. It is completely normal for a teacher to greatly admire a good student and to feel upset by her untimely death. Teachers partially enjoy teaching because they enjoy being around young people--for the right reasons. It is also not unusual for a teacher to be able to describe his students with rich imagery. A good teacher loves all of his students for being who they are.

| Posted on 2008-04-01 | by a guest

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This Poem is obviously about a pedophile. There are severl lines that suggest this. Even though he describes himself as a teacher he describes several extracuricular activities with his student.

| Posted on 2008-01-25 | by a guest

.: Analysis: Elegy for Jane :.

This poem is written in the point of view of a teacher. This teacher is writing about his student which died. And his telling how much he admired her. He describes her and by the way he does it, it tells like he's in love with her. He watches every detail of the girl. He's sad because she's gone and this is demonstrated when he says: "My sparrow (bird), you are not here..." A regular teacher wouldn't talk like that about his student. And at the end the author says that he is neither father nor lover. When he says this it is confirmed that he is the teacher, and since he is the teacher he has no part in her life, he has no rights. But he surely is in love with her.
This analysis was done for the benefit of students that don't understand this beautiful poem written by Theodore Roethke.

| Posted on 2005-05-01 | by Approved Guest

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