Theodore Roethke: Poems
Who was ‘Jane,’ the student for whom Roethke’s ‘Elegy for Jane?’
Who was ‘Jane,’ the student for whom Roethke’s ‘Elegy for Jane' was written?
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Who was ‘Jane,’ the student for whom Roethke’s ‘Elegy for Jane' was written?
Elegy for Jane by Theodore Roethke is an elegy by a teacher on the untimely demise of one of her students; Jane. The girl, Jane, was thrown by a horse, resulting in her untimely death.