People are often compared to as animals. Maxine Kumin wrote “Woodchucks” and John Clare wrote “The Badger”. Both are using animals to describe humans and the way they act toward each other. Clare wrote in his about sympathy‚ fear‚ and victories or not. Kumin speaks of fear‚ hatred‚ obsession‚ and killing of these pests. Written over 100 years part humans and their actions have changed very little. In Maxine Kumin’s “Woodchucks”‚ she is talking about a Jew and how he/she was killed during the
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Definitions of Poetic Devices simile a comparison using "as" or "like" alliteration the deliberate repetition of consonant sounds assonance deliberate repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds hyperbole exaggeration for dramatic effect metaphor a comparison not using as or like when one thing is said to be another onomatopoeia "sound echoing sense"; use of words resembling the sounds they mean oxymoron a seeming contradiction in two words put together personification attribution
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especially if a driver is in a rush. “Woodchucks‚” a poem by Maxine Kumin‚ is directly about a person killing off the woodchucks in his/her yard. William Stafford’s poem‚ “Traveling through the dark” is about a driver who came upon a dead pregnant doe in the road‚ who’s fawn is still alive‚ and whether or not to make the decision about whether to push the doe off the cliff with the fawn inside or to save the unborn fawn’s life. Both poets‚ Kumin and Stafford‚ contrast the theme of inhumane acts carried
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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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Poetry is a very powerful mechanism through which writers can tell their readers something about themselves or the world around them. The language within “Traveling Through the Dark” by William Stafford and “Woodchucks” by Maxine Kumin display the speakers’ psychology and what sort of relationships they have with the animals and their deaths in their respective works. Despite being similar in a few aspects‚ these two works are very different. The most obvious similarity between the two works is
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camps. The tone of this piece has very little sympathy and where it does it goes to the speaker because their garden is being destroyed. The speaker also believes that “the knockout bomb from the Feed and Grain Exchange was featured as merciful” (Kumin line
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In Maxine Kumin’s poem “Woodchucks”‚ the reader is led into a short tale of a woman whom is dealing with a family of woodchucks that are eating away at her garden. While this poem appears to be a simple tale following this woman’s methods to exterminating the pests‚ it rather is a poem that uses its speaker to stealthily showcase the potential that humans have for monstrous actions. The speaker‚ while appearing to be a sensible person turned deranged by the joyous feel of power and success‚ is a
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Conflict is a key factor presented in life whether we try to avoid it or not. In most cases the battle is fought against yourself. In the poems “Woodchucks” by Maxine Kumin and “Traveling through the Dark” by William Stafford‚ the poets both focus on animals and self confrontation in humans. Descriptive language and the overall theme provides the reader with the insight necessary to understand the speaker’s psychology as they are driven beyond the boundaries of what’s morally right and wrong.
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AP literature and comp Compare & Contrast "Woodchucks" and “Traveling Through the Dark" In the works by William Stafford and Maxine Kumin “Traveling Through the Dark” and “Woodchucks”‚ each poet illustrates death of animals and the impacts humans have on it. “Woodchucks” creates a perspective of war between man and animal‚ the plot quickly escalates into something deadly. On the other hand‚ “Traveling Through the Dark” Is simply between a man and an innocent deer‚ showing respect to animals
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Never-Ending Transformation In the poem‚ “Woodchucks‚ written by Maxine Kumin‚ the speaker progressively changings there character into something insidious‚ similar to that of Adolf Hitler. Although the poem does not openly suggest that it is referring to actions of Hitler himself‚ the speaker leaves clues to draw the assumption that the two characters are parallels. In the beginning of the poem the speaker is annoyed and frustrated with the woodchuck’s destruction of the crops. So much so‚ the
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