Instructor’s Name: Course Code: Date of Submission: Ask me This is one of my favorite poems as it has allowed me to relate in so numerous ways when it comes to life. All through my life there have been many ups and downs‚ and many people that have come and gone; but no matter what the series of events that I have come across have made me who I am today. There have been many people that have played important roles in my life but as William Stafford entails people will come and go; and people will
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Judgement of a Man The fifteen year old boy in the poem “Fifteen‚” by William Stafford‚ makes a very adult decision when faced with a conflict of choosing maturity or immaturity. One day‚ this boy finds a motorcycle laying on its side‚ which Stafford describes when he writes‚ “I found back of the willows one summer day a motorcycle with engine running” (Line 2 and Line 3). There is no one around to catch the boy‚ giving the boy the option to steal the motorcycle or to find the owner and return
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The poem Fifteen by William Stafford‚ describes the ideas of a young teenager and imaginations when he sees a motorcycle at the side of the rail‚ It tells us of how the main character gets familiar with adulthood and starts getting mature‚ it gives us changes. The author in his poem describes the ideas and temptations that a fifteen year old would have‚ and it gives us a message of how when you are blinded of your teenage dreams‚ at the same time to take and decide the correct paths and decisions
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William Stafford and Randall Jarrell There are two poetry writers that have wrote very good pomes and have quite a few that are popular. To compare and contrast two‚ it would have to be “Traveling through the Dark” by William Stafford and "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" by Randall Jarrell. These two authors have a different way and style they write there poems‚ that is why it makes sense to look at these two really close and really see how they write and how they get the message across. Both
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An Analysis of Fifteen Story-telling is an art form that has yet to be perfected‚ but humanity has gotten pretty close with William Stafford’s “Fifteen”. This poem executes several clever devices and shows the true potential of poetry. Even though it has some clever‚ subtle personification and some pure genius‚ metaphors‚ those are not the forefront of the poem. The most important‚ present device used is repetition. If a poet ever wants to drive a point home‚ repetition is the strongest weapon to
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Thesis: By giving us the reader a more in depth explanation of his work it allows us to understand the meaning within the poem itself‚ and the life lessons Stafford may have intended to reveal to the readers. I. Introduction II. Understanding A. William Stafford B. Untraditional 1. His work 2. Hidden lessons III. Break down A. Title B. Lines 1-3 1. Stafford’s meaning 2. Questions IV. Living A. Problems B. Lines 4-7 1. Answering to life
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Jennifer Sanchez 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
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Traveling through the dark William Stafford is the author of this eerie poem called Traveling through the dark. there is a lot of different claims to this one poem but the best one is the claim about technology and mankind. The conflict is technology is taking over the mindset of humans. The character in the poem is an older man faced with a hard decision. This decision is showed every day. William Stafford wanted this messaged of Sometimes life will be a dark narrow road‚ but at every turn there
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Traveling through the dark William Stafford is the author of this eerie poem called Traveling Through The Dark. several claims have been made to this one poem‚ but the leading one is the claim about technology and mankind. The conflict is technology is taking over the mindset of humans. The character in the poem is a character faced with a hard decision. This settlement is shown every day. William Stafford wanted this message of Sometimes life will be a dark narrow road‚ but at every turn there
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In the poem "Ask Me‚" the poet‚ William Stafford‚ gives the reader a strong sense of imagery‚ it describes the river so vividly‚ so creatively. This poem is a very good poem‚ and is actually very mysterious and a little bit almost questionable about the theme of the poem. Basically what I get from the poem is‚ the speaker is not ashamed of who he or she is and you can ask them any questions about their past and they will gladly answer. It’s almost as if it is kind of testing the speaker‚ like will
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