Summary Of The Poem 'Travelling Through The Dark'

Name: Monica Jirel
Professor: John Remarek
Language and composition
17 December 2017
Diamond
Travelling Through the Dark The poem “Travelling through the dark” was written by American poet William Edgar Stafford (January 17, 1914 – August 28, 1993), who was also known as father of poem. “Travelling through the dark” was his first collection of poem and also won national award. “Travelling through the dark” refers to the journey of person at night in the jungle at the side of river, but at the same time dark refers to the difficult emotional situation. These poems give us the actions of speaker to death doe and lead us to the difficult situation which speaker has to face while travelling through the dark. In this poem the writer has presented the battle between responsibility and emotion, and there must be relationship between the humans and the nature for the safety of human race.
In the poem, “Traveling through the dark”, the writer has denoted the people traveling in the dark who mostly like to travel at night. Speaker informs the reader that he found the death deer which was lying in the

There seems to exist a battle between the writer’s heart and mind. His heart tells him not to kill the living fawn inside the doe’s body and his mind tells him to roll the doe into the canyon to prevent further accidents. The writer has also tried to explain how the modern technology affect the nature and also tells us how people’s never stopping needs and desire affect the natural beauty. The writer has also tried to present a great relation between two systems of life. How people are bound in their responsibility rather than thinking about their desires. So in the poem, the writer has given highest priority to responsibility rather than giving it to