The Role Of Plants In Theodore Roethke's Cuttings
Nature is a very interesting force. No one can figure out how it works or what its main purpose is. Many people believe humans to be above nature in life, but in fact, nature is above humans. Without nature, humans have no hope for survival, but nature can survive without humans. So nature is superior to humans. Nature includes everything that isn’t made by humans. Plants are part of nature. There are many plants in the world today, such as trees, grasses, forbs, ferns, shrubs etc. Without plants humans would not be able to survive at all. Plants impact human lives too much. Plants create oxygen for us, provide food for us, and they even provide shelter and other everyday necessities. Without plants we would not survive. Theodore Roethke’s poems, Cuttings, and Cuttings (Later), show how plants work and function. Theodore Roethke’s poem, Cuttings, shows how plants work and function. This poem is about a plant who drops its seeds on the ground. From this seed, a new plant takes shape, Roethke says, “One nub of growth nudges a sand-crumb loose, pokes through a musty sheath its pale tenderous horn.” When saying this,
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This poem is set about in the middle of a plant's life, when it begins to produce. Roethke says, “I can hear, underground, that sucking and soby, in my veins, in my bones I feel it- The small waters seeping upward, the tight grains parting at last.” When Roethke says this, he is explaining the process of a plant pulling up water from the ground by its roots. The way a plant obtains its water is from the ground through its roots. That is why a person waters his or her flowers or any other plant of any kind. That is why watering plants is so important. Without water, plants, like humans, would be unable to survive and would dry up. The water that we give plants helps them to go through photosynthesis which creates the oxygen that we
This poem is set about in the middle of a plant's life, when it begins to produce. Roethke says, “I can hear, underground, that sucking and soby, in my veins, in my bones I feel it- The small waters seeping upward, the tight grains parting at last.” When Roethke says this, he is explaining the process of a plant pulling up water from the ground by its roots. The way a plant obtains its water is from the ground through its roots. That is why a person waters his or her flowers or any other plant of any kind. That is why watering plants is so important. Without water, plants, like humans, would be unable to survive and would dry up. The water that we give plants helps them to go through photosynthesis which creates the oxygen that we