Dark And Woodchucks

“Traveling through the Dark” and “Woodchucks” are each poems that describe the relationship between humanity and nature. In both “Traveling through the Dark” and “Woodchucks” the speaker use imagery and diction to reveal their attitudes toward killing and to convey the central theme. Alternatively in the poem “Woodchucks” we see nature being an annoyance to the modern world. For some reason the narrator wishes to inflict harm on the woodchucks. The attitude towards nature in this scene could be described as ungrateful and ignorant. Humans are often quick to harm Mother Nature even though it has done nothing wrong. This sense of unnecessary cruelty towards the innocent is also seen in the not so subtle references to the Holocaust. In the poem the woodchucks symbolize Jews that were part of the Holocaust in World War two. The Nazis put the guiltless through torture, executing and brutally murdering countless people. The Nazi’s attitude is similar to the attitude of the narrator’s. The word choice in “Woodchucks” is slightly more detailed. The reason being the poem is more symbolic and requires the use of imagery to understand the underlying meaning. The author goes all out in attempts to describe the brutality the narrator inflicted on the woodchucks, more specifically the

While reading “Traveling through the Dark” The doe’s death and the inescapable fate of her baby fawn brings on a feeling of guilt, more so that the poem of the “Woodchucks”. Also in contrast the “Woodchuck” poem emphasizes on violence more than its partner. Throughout the story the narrator is blood thirsty and cares only about the death of the woodchucks. Starting off at what the writer calls a “merciful” death until the bloody, gory deaths in the end. While each poem has their differences they both have a grim and gloomy tone. The death of each animal leaves the reader feeling sad and