on a literal level. Nonetheless‚ after analyzing the purpose‚ tone‚ word choice‚ and figures of speech and how they simultaneously work together‚ the reader is hit with a whole new perception of the poem. William Stafford’s "Traveling through the Dark" holds this characteristic. The poem is about a man driving on a narrow road at night and his internal conflict triggered by an encounter with a dead deer along the road. He immediately leaves his car and walks toward the deer with
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“Thoughts on Capital Punishment” vs. “Traveling through the Dark” William Strafford’s “Traveling through the Dark” is a well developed short poem‚ but it lacks the depth of Rod Mckuen’s “Thoughts on Capital Punishment.” These two poems present animals killed by automobiles‚ but Mckuen’s approach differs from Strafford’s in two ways. First‚ Mckuen uses poetic language more strongly than Strafford. Second‚ “Thoughts on Capital Punishment” points out a more distinct‚ clearly stated‚ complex
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Professor Sargent Poetry 165W December 18‚ 2009 {draw:frame} “Traveling Through the Dark”: William Stafford In the poem‚ “Traveling Through the Dark”‚ William Stafford uses alliteration‚ imagery and natural speech in order to convey the disheartening emotions that come with being forced to make a life threatening decision. He orders the images in his tale to allow our minds and emotions with his as he works his way through making a choice; man or nature. The poem lacks a regular meter making
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Conflict is a key factor presented in life whether we try to avoid it or not. In most cases the battle is fought against yourself. In the poems “Woodchucks” by Maxine Kumin and “Traveling through the Dark” by William Stafford‚ the poets both focus on animals and self confrontation in humans. Descriptive language and the overall theme provides the reader with the insight necessary to understand the speaker’s psychology as they are driven beyond the boundaries of what’s morally right and wrong.
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Now days‚ it is hard to connect or be with the nature‚ especially if you live in a city. While there are people that interact with the nature every day because of their rural location. The short poem “Traveling through the Dark” by William Stafford‚ is about a person that encounter a dead deer in the road in the middle of the night. In the story‚ the narrator have to decide if he would save the unborn deer or just throw the mom deer to the river to save other people that might suffer an accident
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Traveling through the dark William Stafford is the author of this eerie poem called Traveling Through The Dark. several claims have been made to this one poem‚ but the leading one is the claim about technology and mankind. The conflict is technology is taking over the mindset of humans. The character in the poem is a character faced with a hard decision. This settlement is shown every day. William Stafford wanted this message of Sometimes life will be a dark narrow road‚ but at every turn there
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In the two poems‚ Traveling through the Dark and Woodchucks‚ the speakers have two different tones and resources of language in the relationship between the human and animals. Both poems are about the deaths of animals‚ one intentional and the other not. In Traveling through the Dark‚ the speaker did not mean to kill the deer and feels the need to fix what has happened. In Woodchucks the speaker wants to rid their backyard of the garden eating woodchucks. These two pieces of literature are on
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Cristiana Sandigo English 210 MWF: 11:00 Essay #2 Man’s New Toy In William Stafford’s poem “Traveling through the Dark‚” the persona drives alone at night on an isolated mountain road and happens to encounters a dead deer. As depicted in the poem‚ this anonymous persona is most likely a man since he managed to carry a 200-pound dead deer away from the road. Moreover‚ the chances of a woman wandering around an isolated mountain by
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Both the poems “Traveling through the Dark” and “Woodchucks” portray different types of diction‚ attitude‚ and metaphors to depict the different contrast towards the animals; while in “Traveling through the Dark”‚ the attitude towards the animals are reverent and humble‚ “Woodchucks” portray an attitude towards the animals are acerbic and resentful. In Stafford’s selection‚ the type of contrast between the human being and the animals are regretful due to the fact of his concern of the baby
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Wouldn’t it be better to sacrifice one life rather than risk the lives of unsuspecting drivers? It’s a seemingly easy question to answer‚ however in William Stafford’s poem “Traveling Through The Dark‚” the speaker is faced with the dilemma. When driving on down road‚ the speaker is confronted with a deceased pregnant doe lying in the road‚ and has to make the crucial decision about salvaging the fawn‚ alive within the doe. Although the speaker’s actions may appear cruel to some readers‚ the speaker
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