In the two poems‚ Traveling through the Dark and Woodchucks‚ the speakers have two different tones and resources of language in the relationship between the human and animals. Both poems are about the deaths of animals‚ one intentional and the other not. In Traveling through the Dark‚ the speaker did not mean to kill the deer and feels the need to fix what has happened. In Woodchucks the speaker wants to rid their backyard of the garden eating woodchucks. These two pieces of literature are on
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soon develops into an insatiable lust for blood. However‚ “ Traveling through the Dark” by William Stafford‚ presents an innocent soul lost by the unawareness of man and the death of an unborn innocent. Both Kumin’s and Stafford’s descriptive language and overall theme provides the reader with the insight necessary to understand to the speaker’s psychology as they are driven beyond the boundaries of pacifism and genocide. The poem “Woodchucks” indeed has a rhyme scheme‚ yet doesn’t conform
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Contrast Essay In the poems “Traveling Through the Dark” and “Woodchucks” man must make a decision about nature in the most inconvenient ways. In “Traveling Through the Dark” the narrator is faced with‚ literally‚ a life or death situation‚ whereas in “Woodchucks” the narrator is faced under the Darwinian belief about killing. Both poems reveal the interpersonal relationship between man and animal as well as the moral dilemma that man faces with nature. However‚ through the use of narration‚ vivid
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entity in the cosmos and the natural world should be defined in terms of their morals and knowledge. Society has forgotten that without nature‚ mankind cannot and will not thrive or survive William Stafford relates these opposing ideas in poetic form through a man’s solitary conflict to respond to a tragic occurrence that he encounters. The poet conveys the struggle that happens when anthropocentric ideas conflict with biocentrism or the belief that man is in fact equal to the importance of nature.
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Both the poems “Traveling through the Dark” and “Woodchucks” portray different types of diction‚ attitude‚ and metaphors to depict the different contrast towards the animals; while in “Traveling through the Dark”‚ the attitude towards the animals are reverent and humble‚ “Woodchucks” portray an attitude towards the animals are acerbic and resentful. In Stafford’s selection‚ the type of contrast between the human being and the animals are regretful due to the fact of his concern of the baby
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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
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“Traveling through the Dark” by William E. Stanford and “Woodchucks” by Maxine Kumin a man must make the choice of nature and its ways. Both poems have their similarities and differences. Traveling through the dark and woodchucks share various ways of similarities‚ Man vs Nature Death situations are involved in both poems. Through the use of narrations both poems have different attitudes. Traveling through the dark starts off dark and progress towards a more serious tone and‚ the reader sympathizes
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Amanda Felix p.4 Traveling Through the Dark Traveling through the dark I found a deer dead on the edge of the Wilson River road. It is usually best to roll them into the canyon: that road is narrow; to swerve might make more dead. By glow of the tail-light I stumbled back of the car and stood by the heap‚ a doe‚ a recent killing; she had stiffened already‚ almost cold. I dragged her off; she was large in the belly. My fingers touching her side brought me the reason— her side
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With an almost identical name‚ the two poems‚ "Mosquitoes" by David Campbell and "Mosquito" by John Updike share the theme on mosquitoes. However‚ both composers had used different language techniques and tone to express their differing opinions on mosquitoes. Whereas Campbell describes mosquitoes as "our babies"‚ Updike displays mosquitoes in a more negative view such as our opponent. In addition to presenting and sharing the same subject‚ the poems also similar in the following ways‚ such as the
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Both Takashi’s poem‚ ‘The Blade of Grass in a Dreamless Field’‚ and SadokoKuriha’s poem‚ ‘When We Say Hiroshima’ were written during a terrible time in the human race’s history‚ the bombing of Hiroshima. The Blade of Grass in a Dreamless Field is a poem written in English where as When We Say Hiroshima is a poem written in Japanese and then was translated to English. The blade of grass in a dreamless field is a very personal poem in which Takashi reflects upon his experiences of the Hiroshima bombing
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