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... Linda Wyman
Mindful Gardens
A brief survey of
The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke
In one of his last poems, Theodore Roethke seems to have come to grips with his life. ... The image of the near dead plant in the garbage might very well be the opening scene to Roethke’s biography. ... Dead at the age of 55, Roethke died of a heart attack in 1963. ...
The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke is a compilation of his seven published books and sixteen other poems which had before gone uncollected. This volume takes us through Roethke’s career and life. ...
In “The Premonition” Roethke takes us back to a possible scene from his childhood. ...
The five stanzas of “The Bat” keep in step with Roethke’s theme of nature. ...
Sticking with the nature theme and taking us back to his boyhood days when he grew up in and around greenhouses, Roethke, in The Lost Son and Other Poems, provides vivid images of life and death. ... Perhaps Roethke felt that way when he was struggling with depression. ...
In The Lost Son … we see Roethke’s form begin to loosen. ...
As close to realism as this Roethke comes to this poem, the same volume of poetry allow us to follow him into the metaphysical. “In a Dark Time” is one of his better known poems. In this piece Roethke examines how he can reclaim his sanity: A man goes far to find out what he is - / Death of the self in a long, tearless night. ... A theme that is present in a number of Roethke’s poems. ... The professor found it in himself to write several light hearted poems suitable for children as well as several nonsense poems.
Approximate Word count = 1411
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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