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I Knew A Woman: An Analysis
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Theodore Roethke focuses on a single woman in this poem, as is obvious from the title. This is a woman that he puts on a pedestal, but his description makes this seemingly grandiose praise apropos. To appropriate this description, he uses alliteration and diction. Each of these two devices contrib ....
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....ircles, those circles moving." Roethke clearly paid close attention to the physical side of this woman as well, making these small observations that would normally be overlooked.
In the previously mentioned stanza, there are quite a few strong "l"'s.. The letter "l" implies a light and loose feeling (a "liquid" sound in linguistics) like he says in line 17: "She played it [the note] quick, she played it light and loose." This woman he describes is not necessarily "loose" in the sexual connotati.... |
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