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Roethke’S "Meditations Of An Old Woman": A Myth And Ritual For Dying, Christopher K. Bennett
Roethke’S "Meditations Of An Old Woman": A Myth And Ritual For Dying, Christopher K. Bennett
Masters Theses
In "Meditations of an Old Woman," Theodore Roethke poetically encountered death, speaking through the persona of an old woman approaching the end of life. The pattern she follows, wandering through her memory in search of the maiden she once was, is also found in the myth of Demeter and Persephone, which was ritualized in the Eleusinian Mysteries of ancient Greece. The poem, myth, and ritual taken together reflect a single archetypal pattern for approaching death; comparing them will reveal the essence of each. Through recollection, the old woman finally unites with her lost youthful self in an epiphany similar to …
Dodona: An Oracle Of Zeus, Lawrence Treadwell