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Sirens: Stanza 2 (Roethke (American Poet) (Illusion, uploaded image,…
Sirens: Stanza 2
Roethke (American Poet)
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blurrings - glitch, then focus - like a put-off optican's trip
Born in Sagiaw, Michigan May 25th of 1908
Won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, National Book Award for Poetry
Quite notorious, and famous. Was a teacher as well
Allusion to Real Places
The Pickerel
The Pickerel is a bar in Cambridge, not very significant not much known about it. Quite mysterious.
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Cambridge
Cambridge: An area in England, also known as a university
Allusion: To create more imagery so that the readers know the "process" the author went through before she had her "glitch, then focus". She found new thoughts
Sarah Howe lives in Cambridge, refers back to her "Home?"
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Rainy Cambridge Evening
Reference to Water?
Lots of water, similar to sea = natural habitat for sirens
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Could also refer to Cambridge, Massachusetts, Roethke went to Harvard University which is in Cambridge, Massachusetts
"The Dead Girl"
"My Student, Thrown by a horse"
Illusion
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Even though Howe speaks of her encounter with Roethke and Jane she had never met either of them and therefore it is an illusion
Howe has probably never been to the Pickerel Inn either so even though the Pickerel Inn exists it may have been part of her illusion
Allusion
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Alludes to Roethke multiple times and speaks of her relationship with him while they sit at the Pickerel Inn
Lust
Girl compared to Sirens, Roethke was attracted to her
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