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Explication of Poem “Traveling Through the Dark” by William Stafford...

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Br i t neyFr i ck Cr eat i veWr i t i ng:Poet r y 31August2019 Poet r yExpl i cat i on

St ep2:Lar gerI ssues-I dent i f yt hel ar geri ssuesort hedr amat i csi t uat i on. 

Whati st hepoem about ? o Thi spoem i saboutt hesuper i or i t yoft echnol ogyandmachi ner yt owi l dl i f e andnat ur eandhowt heydohav econf r ont at i on.

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Whati sbei ngdr amat i z ed?Whatconfli ctdoest hepoem pr esent ,addr ess ,or quest i on? o Hei sconfli ct edwi t hwhatt odoaboutt hedeerhehasf oundi nt her oad t hati sdeceas edbuti spr egnant .Hebegst hequest i ons“ WhatdoIdo?”

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Whoi st hespeak er ?Defineanddescr i bet hespeak erandhi s/ herv oi ce.Whati s t hespeak er ’ sat t i t ude?Whoi st heaudi ence?Ar eot herchar act er si nvol v ed? o Thespeak eri sabys t andert hathappenedbyaf t ert heev enthappened.

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Whathappensi nt hepoem?Consi dert hepl otorbasi cdes i gnoft heact i on.How ar et hedr amat i z edconfli ct sort hemesi nt r oduced,sust ai ned,r esol v ed,et c ? o Apr evi ouscarspeedi ngdownt her oadst r uckandki l l edaf emal edeer t hatwaswi t hf awnwhens hewashi t .

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Whendoest heact i onoccur ?Whati st hedat eand/ ort i meofday? o I twasdonei nt hedeadofni ght .

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Wher ei st hespeak er ?Desc r i bet hephys i cal l ocat i onoft hedr amat i cmoment .

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o Thespeak eri sst andi ngont hesi deoft her oadnextt ot hebodyoft he deerhehasj ustdr aggedofft her oad. Whydoest hespeak erf eelcompel l edt ospeakatt hi smoment ?Whati shi s / her mot i v at i on? o Hi smot i v at i oni st ok eepot her sf r om s wer v i ngand“ Mak emor edead”

St ep3:Poet i cFor m -I dent i f yt hepoet i cdet ai l soff or m andwor dc hoi ce. 

Whyi st het i t l esi gni ficant ? o I tt el l st her eaderwhent heev entoccur r edandbr i ngsawar enesst ot he danger sofni ghtdr i vi ng.

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Whati st hepoem’ sst r uct ur e ?Howmanyl i nes ?Howmanyst anzas ?Doest he poem r epr esentapar t i cul arf or m( sonnet ,ses t i na,et c . ) ?Doest hepoem pr esentany uni quev ar i at i onsf r om at r adi t i onals t r uct ur e ? o Thepoem i s18l i neswi t h5st anzas.I tal sohasacoupl etandquat r ai ns. o Nor hymi ng o I ambi cpent amet er ?

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Whati st her het or i coft hepoem?Doest her het or i cseem oddi nanyway ?Whyi s t hest y l eoft hepoet i cvoi ce? o Tomet her het or i cdoesseem oddast her ei sn’ tmuchofone,i tseemst o al mostask“ Whydoest hi shappen?”Whi chi saper s uasi v equest i onwi t h nor ealanswer .

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Whati st hevocabul ar yoft hepoem?Moder n?Ar chai c ?Si mpl e?Compl ex ? o Thi spoem hasdecept i v el ysi mpl ev ocabul ar ymaki ngi teas yf oral l r eader st ounder st andandr ead/ f ol l ow.

St ep4:Poet i cDevi c es-I dent i f yt hepoet i cdevi ces. 

Whatki ndofpoet i cdevi ceswher eusedi nt hepoem?I dent i f yatl east5us i ngt he Poet i cDevi c eshandoutort hePock etDefini t i onsRepr i s edbegi nni ngonpage406of t het ext book .Namet hedevi cesandwr i t eoutt heex ampl ef r om t hepoem; o Al l i t er at i on:Li ne4“ Mi ghtmak emor e” o Per soni ficat i on:“ Icoul dheart hewi l der nessl i s t eni ng”l i ne16 o Connot at i on:“ Tos wer v emi ghtmak emor edead”l i ne4,swer v i ngi sof t en usedt oav oi dc ol l i si ont hatcoul dbel i f et hr eat eni ngbutmayal socaus ean acci dent .

o Onomat opoei a:“ Undert hehoodpur r edt hes t eadyengi ne”l i ne14 ( pur r ed) o Cont r ast :Li ne11“ Al i v e,s t i l l ,nevert obebor n”( Al i v e,nev ert obebor n) St ep5:Poet i cTheme-I dent i f yanyt heme,ands ymbol sormot i f s. 

Whati st het hemeoft hepoem?Forex ampl e,nat ur evsmachi ne( t hedeer v er s ust hecar ) o Moder nl i f ev er s uswi l der ness

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Whati sasy mbol ormot i fr epr esent edi nt hepoem? Forex ampl e,/ Bygl owoft he t ai l l i ght /and/ l ower edpar ki ngl i ght s/cr eat eamot i ff orwhati sneededwhen t r av el i ngt hr ought hedar k. o Thedeeri st hes ymbol ofmor t al i t yandasr el at i v el ysaf eani mal si tshows t hatev ent hemostcar ef ulcansuccumbt omor t al i t y ....