Travelling Through the Dark, William Stafford

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                                            Travelling Through the Dark

Summary:-
              The poem 'Rravelling Through the Dark' was composed by an American poet, William Stafford. This peom presents a conflict between two realities of life; feelings and emotions on the one hand; good judgement and responsibility on the other. The poem is very powerful because it does a full justice to both of the realities.
     The speaker of this poem found the dead deer on Wilson River Road while travelling at night. Using his good judgement the speaker thought of removing the dead body off the road because it might cause an accident in the narrow road.
        Getting down his car, he went towards the back of his car and stood by a recently killed doe. She had been stiffened and cold. When he dragged her off, he noticed that she was pregnant. Touching her side which was still warm he realized that there was a fawn inside which was waiting to be born, But since its mother had already died, it would never be born. Then, the speaker fell into dilemma.
         The fourth stanza is a break in narrative. Instead of developing the narrative ahead, it is more focused on the activities of the car.
         In the last couplet the speaker thought very hard both in favor of the fawn and the passenger who might fall in accident because of the dead dear. Finally, he decided to remove the dead body from the road and pushed her over the edge into the river.
  1.    Explain the title of the poem.
The title 'Travelling Through The Dark' suggest a journey made at night. It implies an event that might have taken place during the journey. Since the word, dark symbolizes death and decay, the event implied by the title is something ominous (misfortunate). It also symbolizes the spiritual void of human kind in its sensitivity toward nature.
    All those travelling through the dark might have been romantic nature lovers or adventures who might have been there to enjoy the nature in sanctuary.


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