The poem Fifteen by William Stafford‚ describes the ideas of a young teenager and imaginations when he sees a motorcycle at the side of the rail‚ It tells us of how the main character gets familiar with adulthood and starts getting mature‚ it gives us changes. The author in his poem describes the ideas and temptations that a fifteen year old would have‚ and it gives us a message of how when you are blinded of your teenage dreams‚ at the same time to take and decide the correct paths and decisions
Premium English-language films Character The Temptations
William Stafford and Randall Jarrell There are two poetry writers that have wrote very good pomes and have quite a few that are popular. To compare and contrast two‚ it would have to be “Traveling through the Dark” by William Stafford and "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" by Randall Jarrell. These two authors have a different way and style they write there poems‚ that is why it makes sense to look at these two really close and really see how they write and how they get the message across. Both
Premium Poetry Writing Literature
Sargent Poetry 165W December 18‚ 2009 {draw:frame} “Traveling Through the Dark”: William Stafford In the poem‚ “Traveling Through the Dark”‚ William Stafford uses alliteration‚ imagery and natural speech in order to convey the disheartening emotions that come with being forced to make a life threatening decision. He orders the images in his tale to allow our minds and emotions with his as he works his way through making a choice; man or nature. The poem lacks a regular meter making appear
Free Syllable Poetry Vowel
Traveling through the dark William Stafford is the author of this eerie poem called Traveling Through The Dark. several claims have been made to this one poem‚ but the leading one is the claim about technology and mankind. The conflict is technology is taking over the mindset of humans. The character in the poem is a character faced with a hard decision. This settlement is shown every day. William Stafford wanted this message of Sometimes life will be a dark narrow road‚ but at every turn there
Premium Deer
In Stafford’s essay “A Way of Writing‚” he claims that “receptivity” and “a willingness to fail” are key components to his writing process. Being receptive means that you are willing to receive something‚ in Stafford’s case‚ it is ideas and or someone else’s knowledge. If you are receptive towards others’ comments and ideas‚ it will only help you as a writer and give you more perspective and a different angle. A willingness to fail means that you are accepting of failure and you are aware that sometimes
Premium Writing
Submission: Ask me This is one of my favorite poems as it has allowed me to relate in so numerous ways when it comes to life. All through my life there have been many ups and downs‚ and many people that have come and gone; but no matter what the series of events that I have come across have made me who I am today. There have been many people that have played important roles in my life but as William Stafford entails people will come and go; and people will play all kinds of roles in your life. When
Premium Poetry
Depreciation Accounting 1 Types of Long-Lived Assets y Tangible asset y Asset with physical substance y Property‚ plant‚ and equipment = fixed asset. y Intangible asset y Intellectual property. y No physical substance y Examples are patent rights‚ copyrights 2 Amortization y y View capital asset as bundle of services Similar to prepaid expenses‚ cost is expensed as company benefits from the services y y y y Land - no depreciation Plant and equipment - depreciation Natural
Premium Depreciation Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Mirna Garcia 6/30/11 Assignment #3 William Stafford’s "Traveling Through the Dark" is a poem that expresses the challenging aspects of having to make difficult decisions accompanied by sadness. The narrator expresses his struggle of how he deals with a tragic event he runs into while traveling in the dark on a swerved road. As he is driving down a narrow road he runs into a dead deer. Most people view these animals as beautiful creatures belonging and associated it with our beautiful
Premium Tragedy Deer Wilderness
In the poem‚ “Traveling through the Dark”‚ William Stafford conveys the story of a person coming across a deceased doe at night and has their mindset to move the body out of the way rather than drive around it. Then when the doe is approached‚ it has then occurred to the person that the doe passed away with an unborn fawn. After much though‚ the narrator decided to dispose of the body with the fawn into the river. The central conflict in the poem is an internal conflict within the person of what
Premium Life English-language films Stanza
Max Stafford – Clark Max Stafford – Clark’s style can be split into two sections‚ workshop and rehearsal. Workshop‚ developed by Stafford-Clark’s production company Joint stock was the practice in which actors‚ producers and directors were all considered as equals and the developing of the play was seen as a group effort. At the start of workshop themes and ideas of the play are discussed and researched. Stafford-Clark researches every play he does and expects his company to do the same‚ the company
Premium Theatre Research Performance