Travelling Through the Dark, William Stafford

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 do...