Stafford Traveling Through the Dark Essay

all stand for deception the poems are “Traveling Through the Dark” by William Stafford, “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar, “Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson, and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. To begin with, the poem “Traveling Through the Dark” the car is symbolized as death. In real life time a car is used as a form of transportation, but can also bring death to those involved in an accident. The narrator states, “Traveling though the dark I found a deer dead on the edge of the

Traveling Woodchucks How much deer could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck were driving down the road and came across a dead, pregnant doe? Well, the woodchuck chucking the dear is a bit irrelevant. Rather, the two poems Traveling through the Dark by William Stafford and Woodchucks by Maxine Kumin respectively focus on the relationship between humans and nature. Woodchucks takes an allegorical approach, with a heavy handed political message. Traveling simply examines the significance of human

Just in the United States alone around 253,000 animal deaths with vehicles occur annually according to High Country News. In the poem “Traveling Through The dark” by William Stafford the speaker is faced to deal with one of the animals but ended up having to decide for another fawn’s life. The speaker is traveling in a narrow canyon road where he comes upon a dead mother deer. He must decide whether to try and save the fawn or let nature take it's course. The speaker decides to push the mother deer

This poetry anthology is a collection of poems, which shows the people’s point of view about the wilderness and humanity. This topic interest me because I believe that most people possesses this dualistic vision that separates humanity and wilderness. I also strongly believe that us, humans, are very alike with most animals in this planet. As I started my research, a poetry book called “The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth Century American Poetry,” edited by Rita Dove, is doubtless the most interesting

On June 16th, 2016, I had the opportunity of going on the most amazing adventure I’ve ever been on. I had the privilege of traveling to Haiti for a mission’s trip. Although June 16th was the longest/ one of the hardest days of my life, the outcome was so worth it. It was the day I, as a seventeen year old who has always been surrounded by my family, had to leave my 6 siblings and 4 parents behind. Not to mention I left my boyfriend behind, too. But despite all of that, I was going to a new country

The Space Race was a war of firsts between the United States of America and the Union Soviet Socialist Republics. But it was also the culmination of the dreams of man for many millennia and the team who worked on the space programs were able to discover what so many of the people that came before and after them could only dream of. It was an endeavor that all of humanity was invested in at the time. It was a testament to the power of the human spirit and it showed how nothing was impossible if we

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