Root Cellar

Theodore Roethke uses several literary devices in this poem. He uses simile, which is a figure of speech that uses like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things. He also uses imagery, which is descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the five senses; metaphor, a comparison of two seemingly unlike things without using like or as; and personification, a figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, or an idea is given human characteristics.

Review how Roethke uses these literary elements in “Root Cellar.” Using the poem as a model, write your own poem about something in nature. Use at least two of the literary elements that Roethke uses.