Suffering In William Stafford's 'Traveling Through The Dark'

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 choice to push the dead pregnant doe off the cliff was the best decision because it prevented human casualties and saved the unborn fawn from unnecessary suffering.
Furthermore, the speaker saved the unborn fawn from unnecessary suffering As he