How Does William Stafford Use Figurative Language In Traveling Through The Dark

Everyone has experienced some dilemma when he/she had to choose whether to take responsibility or ignore a situation. William Stafford expressed that impasse in his poem "Traveling Through the Dark." This poem is mainly about the difficulty of choice between a morally right thing to do or the opposite one. Stafford was creative in the use of literary devices and with the use of figurative language he allowed the reader to think deeply of his/her actions, thoughts, and the feelings. “Traveling Through the Dark" is one of the most famous poems by William Stafford. In brief, it is about a dead deer’s body, which was found on the edge of Wilson River. He got out of the car and walked over to the deer. The poet thought that it was best to roll the body into the canyon. When he dragged her, he found out she was pregnant, and her fawn was still alive inside her but never to be born. After that, an inner conflict started in the poet's mind until he chose to push her into the river and get her out of the road. The reason for using artistic language methods such as feeling and tone in a poem is to help a reader interpret the inner feelings of

In line three, “It is usually the best to roll them into the canyon," the author portrays the deer as a responsibility of his and uses rolling her off the road as an action. He illustrates to readers what happens nowadays when people sometimes choose to abandon responsibility instead of facing it. For instance, if they see someone with a problem, they choose to walk away rather than help and share a responsibility. Also, in line 17,"I thought hard for us all," the fact that the narrator is representative of all mankind is exhibited. The speaker represents mankind coming at a swerve in the dark, ignorant of the decisions they must make; he was symbolizing how lost they can be between nature and their modern life and have trouble in their