The two poems “Traveling Through the Dark” by William Stafford and “Keep the Headlights On” by Conor Shenk both touch upon the idea that saving one life may lead to other deaths. Both poems are talking about a dead pregnant deer with her fawn still alive inside of her and how some people would handle that situation. Both authors do a good job in making the audience feel an almost sympathy for the unborn fawn. “Traveling Through the Dark” by William Stafford talks about saving the lives of humans
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William Stafford’s poem Traveling through the Dark‚ tells a story of man versus nature‚ through themes and numerous poetic devices. In this poem‚ there are many conflicting themes between man and nature‚ actions and consequences. Through Stafford’s careful placement‚ use of words and poetic devices‚ he portrays these underlying themes within his poem. Stafford’s simplicity in his poems cunningly conceal the intrinsic theme to this specific piece. One could miss said theme if looking too deep or
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Poetry is a very powerful mechanism through which writers can tell their readers something about themselves or the world around them. The language within “Traveling Through the Dark” by William Stafford and “Woodchucks” by Maxine Kumin display the speakers’ psychology and what sort of relationships they have with the animals and their deaths in their respective works. Despite being similar in a few aspects‚ these two works are very different. The most obvious similarity between the two works is
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both “Traveling through the Dark‚” written by William Stafford‚ and “Woodchucks”‚ written by Maxin Kumin‚ the authors discuss about interventions of human beings to animals. Even though the two poems are different in the use of irony‚ the tone and the sentence structure‚ they illustrate similar relationships between humans and animals that humans are superior to animals. “Traveling through the Dark” and “Woodchucks” use different irony to represent their relationships
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ground. Death is unavoidable in life and can be sometimes be troublesome and may come to a surprise for some. In both “Traveling Through the Dark” and “The Groundhog” showcase death is something that needs to be accepted and move on through tone‚ literary figures and theme. In “Traveling Through the Dark”‚ the setting sets the tone for rest of the story. It gives off a really dark mood that is hard to ignore. In the very first two lines‚ it states it is during a night time in the forest while the
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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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