more appealing and easier. In William Stafford’s poem, “Fifteen”, the narrator of the poem is a fifteen year old male who finds a motorcycle off the road. He admires the motorcycle and how appealing it looks but finds himself in a predicament: Find the owner of the motorcycle or take it for himself? In this poem, Stafford uses imagery, juxtaposition, characterization to argue that doing the right thing may be difficult, but it is the best option. To start, Stafford uses imagery for his argument
by William Stafford, Stafford uses tone,idiom, and symbolism to explain why thought his life was like a river. William Stafford uses the river to help him be able to answer any questions people might have for him. William Stafford uses tone to show how he thought his life was like a river. Stafford says, “Some time when the river is ice ask me mistakes I have made. Ask me whether what I have done is my life” (Stafford 1-3). With this being said, he is being honest and calm. William Stafford does
to write, I must do so in a clean, well-organized, and well-lit area. The space must be free from distractions, such as the television or radio, so that I am able to focus and gather my thoughts. I like to begin my writings similar to the way William Stafford says he starts, "To get started I will accept anything that occurs to me." Writing down any thought that will help support and provoke more thoughts and ideas. When my thoughts become cloudy, I like to rise from my seat and walk around speaking
Profound Meaning in William Stafford's Traveling Through the Dark The power of the poet is not only to convey an everyday scene into a literary portrait of words, but also to interweave this scene into an underlying theme. The only tool the poet has to wield is the word. Through a careful placement and selection of words, the poet can hopefully make his point clear, but not blatantly obvious. Common themes of poems are life, death, or the conflicting forces thereto. This theme could never possibly
Atrocities in Stafford's Traveling Through the Dark Is a drive just a drive, or is it a metaphor that imparts appreciation for life's fragility while simultaneously lamenting man's inability to appropriately confront, or understand, death? William Stafford's "Traveling Through the Dark" illustrates the mechanisms by which seemingly mundane events become probes into the mystery and ambiguity of the human condition. The poem's situation is simple, a lone traveler driving along a desolate canyon
Traveling Through the Dark by William Stafford In his poem, "Traveling Through the Dark," William Stafford presents the reader with the difficulty of one man's choice. Immediately, the scene is set, with the driver, who is "traveling though the dark" (line 1) coming upon a recently killed deer. At first, his decision with what to do with the deer is easy; he knows he must push it off the edge for the safety of other motorists, but then, a closer examination of the deer reveals to the man new
William Stafford in my mind, a visionary seeking to enlighten us through words he wrote in the poem, he talks his travels down a dark road only to find a dead deer on the road. In the poem he talks about how he moved the deer out of the dark road and pushing it down a hill. The poem is great at making you visualize what is happen as you read it. In this essay I will dissect the poem’s deep and dark stanza’s and state what the poem means. William Edgar Stafford was born in Hutchinson, Kansas, on
great devotion from directors, teachers and families. It is important to understand that the mainstreaming of children with disabilities should not be implemented according to a certain standard model. This process is an individual one (Daniels, E & Stafford, K. 2001). Mainstreaming of children is based on the belief that education of every child should be individual. This states that every child has their own individual right to go to a normal school if that’s what they would like. Advantages for
Poetry Essay Assignment “Traveling Through the Dark” ,by William Stafford, is a poem about a moral dilemma about the nature of death and the sadness that comes of it. The situation intensifies when a man, the driver of this truck, is driving late at night and sees this deer on the side of the road. Pulling over he seeing that’s this deer has recently been hit. Noticing that the doe is pregnant and that her body is getting very stiff but that her belly remains warm with the baby deer waiting to
getting detention after detention for being late to class, they’re not doing as well as possible on assignments, and the teachers are having more stressful days. The 2000 Census shows that the population of my hometown, Stafford, Virginia, is said to be 104,823 people (Stafford). It is also stated that of that population, 19,000 are students, and 5,378 of those are in the high schools (Simply Fredericksburg). Data also shows that in the year 2003, there is said to be 24,968 students, and then in
Many scientists are very secretive. Carl Djerassi, a world famous scientist, describes this competition in his fictional novel, Cantor's Dilemma. In his novel, he demonstrates the secrecy that competition encourages when two scientists, Cantor and Stafford, complete an important experiment. Cantor does not want to publish the full experimental details right away. He explains, "No, I'd like to string this out a bit. Just a preliminary communication first, without the experimental details, so that nobody
did. She needed that degree to pursue her career in the medical field, and to have the potential to earn more pay. Throughout the 1980's we moved around a lot. First we moved to Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania in 1985, and then we moved to Stafford, Virginia in 1987. In Sinking Spring we finally owned our own house, and we lived in a wealthier neighborhood than before. We were now neither the richest, nor the poorest, people on the block. The richest people living in the neighborhood
backgrounds and have different perspectives on the usage of the system. There is a support worker working for Leeds Met, a computing student from Huddersfield University, a graphics student from Newcastle University, and an accounting student from Stafford University. This should mean that the overall view we get is a general view. I am using a questionnaire to obtain my data, I have chosen this method, as it is easy for the user to understand and complete and is much less demanding on time and
right and wrong. One that most, if not all, people cannot see due to the graying of the line. Something that may seem wrong to one person, may be the right thing for another, due to different perspectives. Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “The Fish,” and William Stafford’s poem “Traveling through the Dark,” both prove that choices are made based off the setting, tone, perspective, and reasoning. Bishop’s poem and Stafford’s poem have very contrasting settings. “Traveling through the dark” takes place in
over the 50 months between January 2005 and March 2009 at Stafford hospital, a small district general hospital in Staffordshire. It is often described as the worst hospital care scandal of recent times. In 2009 Sir Ian Kennedy, the chairman of the Healthcare Commission, the regulator of NHS care standards at the time, said it was the most shocking scandal he had investigated. Francis's report that came out in February 2010 into care at Stafford hospital, based on evidence from over 900 patients and
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
song. It’s the National Anthem for crying out loud! For those who don’t know the US national song of devotion it is comprised of two sections, verses in light of the Francis Scott Key ballad " Defense of Fort M'Henry" and music composed by John Stafford Smith. “The sonnet was composed in 1812, after Key saw the Battle of Fort McHenry amid the War of 1812, being what it was, it was not set to music and received for authority utilize by the US Navy until 1889”(Accettola, p1). At that point, in 1916
The Evil of Richard III Shakespeare Richard III was a traitor, a murderer, a tyrant, and a hypocrite. The leading characteristics of his mind are scorn, sarcasm, and an overwhelming contempt. It appears that the contempt for his victims rather than active hatred or cruelty was the motive for murdering them. Upon meeting him he sounds the keynote to his whole character. " I, that am curtailed of this proportion, cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd sent before my time
Edward the Confessor as a Failure During Edward's the Confessor's reign from 1042-1066, Edward faced many problems. According to Stafford, some of the problems had no obvious solutions. Some historians argue that Edward was a failure as he was unable to deal with the power of the Godwine, and was even less successful with the power of Harold and thirdly, he was unable to solve the problem of the succession issue according to Barlow as he shows that there were no contemporary sources that
The chapter we chose to write about was 22, 'Grieving' because it was very moving. In this chapter William tries to bottle up his feelings about Zach's death and Geoffrey seems to understand Will's grief. It is also William's first Christmas with Mr Tom, so they make homemade toys for incoming evacuees, due to increased bomb raids in London. Will also learns from Geoffrey that 'he can live without Zach, even though he still misses him’ as Will discovers that Geoffrey lost a friend while fighting