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?
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.