Curated OER
Use of Personification and Imagery in Poetry
A reading of Theodore Roethke’s dark "Root Cellar" and Sylvia Plath’s more abstract "Mirror" launches a discussion of imagery and personification in poetry. After finding examples of personification in the poems, class members craft...
Curated OER
Analyzing Poetic Devices: Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays" and Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz"
Analyze the poetic devices used in Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays" to those found in Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz." Critical analysts discuss poetic meter and rhythm and its relationship to theme. They compare and contrast...
Curated OER
Analyzing Poetic Devices: Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays" and Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz"
Students examine how Robert Hayden and Theodore Roethke incorporate poetic devices to convey meaning in the poems, 'Those Winter Sundays,' and 'My Papa's Waltz.' They listen to audio clips, explore websites, and write an analysis of the...
Curated OER
My Papa's Waltz Questions
In this poetry discussion worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on the content and features of the poem "My Papa's Waltz," by Roethke.
Curated OER
My Papa's Waltz Theme of Men and Masculinity
In this literary elements worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on the portrayal of men and masculinity in "My Papa's Waltz," by Theodore Roethke. Suggested reading activities related to the poem are...
Cengage Learning
Houghton Mifflin Company: Theodore Roethke
Contributing editor Janis Stout critiques Roethke's works. Read about the following poems: "Frau Bauman, Frau Schmidt, and Fray Schwartze", "Root Cellar", "Big Wind", "The Lost Son", "The Flight", "The Return", "Meditations of an Old...
Other
Rice Univ.: The Wondering Minstrels Theodore Roethke
At this Rice University site, read Roethke's poem "The Meadow Mouse". Also, read a short critque of this poem and a biography of Roethke.
Other
Gawow.com: A Page on Theodore Roethke
Read eleven of Roethke's poems. Read a list of his books, a biography, and a list of links to other sites.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Analyzing Poetic Devices: Robert Hayden and Theodore Roethke
Students examine the relationship of poetic form and content, shaped by alliteration, consonance, repetition, and rhythm, in two poems about fatherhood: Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays" and Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz."
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Theodore Roethke (1906 1963)
Six reviews on Roethke's following works: "Cuttings," "Frau Bauman, Frau Schmidt, and Frau Schartz", "The Flight"(from "The Lost Son"), "I Knew a Woman," and "North American Sequence."
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Theodore Roethke
Read a biography about Theodore Roethke that includes references to other modern American poets at this site. Also includes a photograph and a selected bibliography of his works.
The Washington Post
Washington Post: Poems by Theodore Roethke and Elizabeth Bishop
Poet laureate Robert Hass writes about the poetry form called villanelle and uses poems by Roethke and Bishop to demonstrate the form.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: My Papa's Waltz
My Papa's Waltz is a poem about the relationship between a father and son. Read about this relationship and important themes in this informative and insightful site.
Other
Laze.net: Theodore Roethke's "I Knew a Woman"
Read Ryan A. MacMichael's essay on Roethke's poem "I Knew a Woman".