The Sloth By Theadore Roethke
The sloth
The poem (The sloth) was written by the author Theadore Roethke, Theodore Huebner Roethke was an American poet. The author was born in Saginaw, Michigan. His father was German immigrant who owned and ran 25-acre greenhouse. His difficult childhood & his depression, led to a difficult life, but also helped to produce a remarkable body of work that would influence future generations of American poets. The title helps us know and give us a hint that the poem is about an animal, A sloth and how a sloth lives.The poem has 4 stanzas with three lines each, the rhyme scheme is (aaa,bbb,ccc,ddd).
In moving-slow he has no Peer.1
You ask him something in his Ear,
He thinks about it for a Year;
The author starts speaking about slowness, and how lazy …show more content…
"There, upside down (unlike a Bird)" the author uses simile in this line because he is comparing the sloth to a bird. the author also uses personification in the same stanza when he says "He will assume that you have Heard" The sloth can not actually assume because he is not a human.
A most Ex-as-per-at-ing Lug.
But should you call his manner Smug,
He’ll sigh and give his Branch a Hug;
In the third stanza the author speaks about his bad manners because he just ignores, even if you insult him and called him smug, he will still not answer you and keep ignoring you because he doesn't cares about your opinion towards him and how ignorant he is and rude. in this line: "He’ll sigh and give his Branch a Hug" the author uses personification when he personified the branch as a human. The author didnt say where does the poem takes place but i assume that it takes place in a forest because its about a animal that lives in a forest and when the author said "give his branch a hug."
Then off again to Sleep he goes,
Still swaying gently by his Toes,
And you just know he knows he
The poem (The sloth) was written by the author Theadore Roethke, Theodore Huebner Roethke was an American poet. The author was born in Saginaw, Michigan. His father was German immigrant who owned and ran 25-acre greenhouse. His difficult childhood & his depression, led to a difficult life, but also helped to produce a remarkable body of work that would influence future generations of American poets. The title helps us know and give us a hint that the poem is about an animal, A sloth and how a sloth lives.The poem has 4 stanzas with three lines each, the rhyme scheme is (aaa,bbb,ccc,ddd).
In moving-slow he has no Peer.1
You ask him something in his Ear,
He thinks about it for a Year;
The author starts speaking about slowness, and how lazy …show more content…
"There, upside down (unlike a Bird)" the author uses simile in this line because he is comparing the sloth to a bird. the author also uses personification in the same stanza when he says "He will assume that you have Heard" The sloth can not actually assume because he is not a human.
A most Ex-as-per-at-ing Lug.
But should you call his manner Smug,
He’ll sigh and give his Branch a Hug;
In the third stanza the author speaks about his bad manners because he just ignores, even if you insult him and called him smug, he will still not answer you and keep ignoring you because he doesn't cares about your opinion towards him and how ignorant he is and rude. in this line: "He’ll sigh and give his Branch a Hug" the author uses personification when he personified the branch as a human. The author didnt say where does the poem takes place but i assume that it takes place in a forest because its about a animal that lives in a forest and when the author said "give his branch a hug."
Then off again to Sleep he goes,
Still swaying gently by his Toes,
And you just know he knows he