Commentary ‘The Bat’ – Theodore Roethke: By day the bat is cousin to the mouse. He likes the attic of an aging house. His fingers make a hat about his head. His pulse beat is so slow we think him dead. He loops in crazy figures half the night Among the trees that face the corner light. But when he brushes up against a screen‚ We are afraid of what our eyes have seen: For something is amiss or out of place When mice with wings can wear a human face. Theodore Roethke’s poem ‘The Bat’
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it to being a "a ballroom dance‚ in moderately fast triple meter‚ in which the dancers revolve in perpetual circles‚ taking one step to each beat." With this denotation or dictionary meaning of the word‚ the reader instinctively assumes that Theodore Roethke ’s poem solely focuses on a father ’s dance with his son. However‚ as we have seen‚ connotations provide the reader with overtones of meanings that go beyond what it expresses. The rhythm of this poem is‚ for the most part‚ that of iambic trimeter
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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
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Theodore Gericault turned a tragic event‚ into a visual display of government incompetence. In 1816‚ the French government exercised poor judgment‚ by authorizing the unstable Medusa to set sail. The vessel crashed; leaving survivors to turn to cannibalistic means of survival. Gericault captured the tragedy‚ titled “The Raft of the ‘Medusa’” in Romantic style‚ along with compositional structure. The lifelike figures in the painting show detailed anguish and grief; which‚ invokes despair in those
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and ethical use of prayer including inner healing prayer‚ and Scripture in a Christian approach to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). I want to review on the “A Biblical‚ Christian Approach to CBT‚ Implicit and explicit integration in therapy‚ and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy that the author has briefly described. CBT has a spiritual roots or it is more religiously-oriented especially with in Christianity and Muslim traditions. According to Tan (2007)‚ the use of prayer and sacred Scripture
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Prayer (Salat) And be steadfast in prayer and regular in charity: And whatever good Ye send forth for your souls before you‚ ye shall find it with Allah: For Allah sees well all that ye do. (Quran 2:110) Salat‚ usually translated into English as "prayer"‚ is one of the five pillars of Islam. The other four pillars are the Declaration of Faith (Shahadah)‚ charity (Zakah)‚ fasting (Sawm)‚ and the pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj). Salat should be performed five times a day: daybreak (Fajr)‚ noon (Zuhr)
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don’t pray in secret he won’t answer your prayers. This is wrong because in Deuteronomy 4:7 the bible says “The Lord our God comes near when we pray to him.” If God is always listening to us when we pray then it doesn’t matter whether the people praying are in secret or in public‚ he is always listening. Sometimes God doesn’t answer people’s prayers‚ but it’s not because that person played in public or not for God to give the effort to answer your prayers you have to go through the effort yourself
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In the poem "Dolor" by Theodor Roethke‚ one is drawn in with the weight of the poem despite its seemingly simple subject matter. Everyday items such as pencils are given deep sadness that forces the reader to want more. Roethke portrays this sad tone through personification‚ repetition‚ metaphors‚ and immense detail. "Dolor" is depicted through a sorrowful and gloomy theme beginning with its title and increasing in intensity towards the end of the poem. The narrator begins the poem with a look into
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and Dialogue (IRRD) of the World Council of Churches (WCC) with delegates from the World Evangelical Alliance. [Official version authorised by the World Evangelical Alliance] Thomas Schirrmacher Mission corrupted “The First Book of Common Prayer” of the Anglican (Episcopal) Church‚ authorized in 1549‚ says in its liturgy: “There was never any thing by the wit of man so well devised‚ or so sure established‚ which in continuance of time hath not been corrupted.” This is even true of Christian
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relationship and is utterly unjustifiable. Every person has a father and has their own reflections of the personal feelings they have encountered‚ nevertheless these feelings can be those of affection or feelings of resentment. The poem‚ “My Papa’s Waltz” (Roethke) illustrates a son’s reminiscence of waltzing with his father as a young boy‚ painting a picture of love and admiration towards his father. However‚ because the poet seems isolated‚ a reader’s perception can vary throughout the poem. The poem‚ written
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