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How old is William Stafford?
79 years (1914–1993)
William Stafford/Age at death
What is the meaning of the poem traveling through the dark?
“Traveling through the Dark” is a poem about coming face to face with death. The speaker is faced with a no-win situation, understanding that moving the dead doe’s body out of the road will potentially save other drivers, but also that doing so will kill her unborn fawn.
What is the poem fifteen by William Stafford about?
“Fifteen” is generally considered one of the finest poems in the collection, and typifies Stafford’s sparse and simple narrative style, his friendly and conversational tone, his theme of self-reconciliation and regeneration through self-questioning and the process of discovery.
How old was William Stafford when his first volume of poetry was published?
His first major collection of poems, Traveling Through the Dark, was published when Stafford was forty-eight.
What did the speaker find when he touches the dead doe?
Answer: The poet realized/ felt that the dead doe was pregnant. When he touched the belly of the dead doe, he found warm by its side. The little fawn was alive inside the belly and waiting to come outside the world. The poet thought about the poor destiny of the unborn fawn, which could not get birth.
What is William Stafford known for?
William Edgar Stafford (January 17, 1914 – August 28, 1993) was an American poet and pacifist. He was the father of poet and essayist Kim Stafford. He was appointed the twentieth Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1970.
What does the Traveller feel when he touches the dead doe?
ANS: In the third stanza, the physical action ceases and mental actions begins. The speaker feels the warm belly of the dead doe and seriously thinks about the future of the fawn and imagines different things about it. 4.
What is central idea of the poem?
A poem’s core concept is the subject of the poem, or ‘what it’s about’ if you like. While many shy away from poetry being ‘about’ something, at the end of the day, as it was written, the poet had something in mind, and that something, whatever it was or may have been, is the central concept.
What is the most famous and most quoted line of the poem Tonight I can write the saddest lines?
“Tonight I can write the saddest lines.” The saddest lines are about his lost love… “she is not with me” and My sight searches for her as though to go to her./My heart looks for her, and she is not with me. “This is all”, the poet sumps up his present situation.
Why does the speaker repeat the phrase I was fifteen at the ends of stanzas?
After every stanza The author keeps repeating the words “I was 15.” This explains that the speaker is only a 15 year old teenager. Usually teens aren’t matured enough to have as much freedom as an adult.
What can anyone give you greater than now?
What can anyone give you greater than now, starting here, right in this room, when you turn around? Being awake and fully ourselves right now, that is what we all want. Beneath our other drives that is what we truly seek.
What does the Traveller feel when he touches the dead doe Travelling through the dark?