Stafford's Poem Ap Wise

Stafford’s poem can come to an evaluation, questioning if his decision was wise or unwise. The speaker in Stafford’s poem is wise for pushing the deer and its fawn over the Wilson River. In stanza one,the speaker says “It is usually best to roll them into the canyon:” (Stafford 3). Many would question why is it best to roll them into the canyon, but you have to take other people’s lives into consideration. With the speaker already traveling in the dark down a curvy narrow road, he’s risking his life as well as others would be. If the deer wasn’t noticed until after the drivers had run into it, the drivers and their passenger’s lives would be at risk. The decision the speaker made was wise simply because he took in consideration of his own