Analyzing The Poem 'Fifteen' By William Stafford

In William Stafford’s poem, “Fifteen”, the theme of the poem is about a boy who did the right thing rather than what he wanted to do. The poem takes place in Hutchinson, Kansas on the outskirts of the city which is very rural. The overview of the poem is about a 15 year old boy who finds a motorcycle with the engine on by itself. The boy wanted to take it and “find the end of a road, meet the sky on out Seventeenth”(11-12). But instead, he did the right thing and returned the motorcycle to its owner. I relate to the poem “Fifteen”(Title) because I had an experience where I did the right thing instead of what I wanted to do. During Summer I work at a camp for kids. I was assigned to run the Archery station which I really didn’t enjoy. I felt