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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Now days‚ it is hard to connect or be with the nature‚ especially if you live in a city. While there are people that interact with the nature every day because of their rural location. The short poem “Traveling through the Dark” by William Stafford‚ is about a person that encounter a dead deer in the road in the middle of the night. In the story‚ the narrator have to decide if he would save the unborn deer or just throw the mom deer to the river to save other people that might suffer an accident
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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 both poems “Traveling Through the Dark” by William Stafford‚ and “Woodchucks” by Maxine Kumin are comparing humans to different things. “Traveling Through the Dark” compares the doe‚ car‚ and man and how they each conflict with each other. In “Woodchucks” it is comparing the conflicts between man and man with the allusion of a woodchuck. Both poems use strong imagery‚ and state a shift in the tone‚ revealing their change of mind‚ and have similar conflicts showing the different relationships with
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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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The poem ‘’Thoughts on Capital Punishment’’ is pointless‚ it does not make sense to demand capital punishment for drivers who unintentionally hit animals with their vehicle when there are people out there who kill animals for fun. However‚ it is almost impossible to stop if an animal runs out in front of your vehicle while driving. It would make more sense to demand a punishment for people who intentionally kill animals or maybe even a hunting restriction. McKuen wasted his time writing this poem
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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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“Woodchucks” provides an interesting and creative perspective Into the mind state of those influenced by Nazi warfare. What begins as a seemingly Humorous cat and mouse hunt‚ 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
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Cristiana Sandigo English 210 MWF: 11:00 Essay #2 Man’s New Toy In William Stafford’s poem “Traveling through the Dark‚” the persona drives alone at night on an isolated mountain road and happens to encounters a dead deer. As depicted in the poem‚ this anonymous persona is most likely a man since he managed to carry a 200-pound dead deer away from the road. Moreover‚ the chances of a woman wandering around an isolated mountain by
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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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