Read the excerpt below from the poem “i knew a woman” by theodore roethke and answer the question that follows. let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay: i’m martyr to a motion not my own; what’s freedom for? to know eternity. i swear she cast a shadow white as stone. but who would count eternity in days? these old bones live to learn her wanton ways: (i measure time by how a body sways). source: roethke, theodore. “i knew a woman.” the collected poems of theodore roethke. new york: random house inc., 1961. poetry foundation. web. 9 june 2011. which line is an example of the poetic technique metonymy? “let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay: ” “i’m martyr to a motion not my own; ” “i swear she cast a shadow white as stone.” “these old bones live to learn her wanton ways: ”

An example of the poetic technique called metonymy from the poem “I knew a Woman is: "These old bones live to learn her wanton ways”.

Metonymy refers to the replacing of the name of an adjust or attribute for that of the thing meant.

"a" because he is appealing to logic as oppose to appealing to the audience's emotions.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”