Blog #7

In William Stafford's poem, " Traveling through the Dark," he describes an incident where a man pulls over the side of the road to pull a dead deer off to the side of the road. After a closer look he discovers that the deer was pregnant and its baby was still alive. Feeling the pressure of guilt the author puts the reader in the main characters spot very well by describing the feelings of the character as he is in the situation. for example he describes how he feels like he is being judge by nature on his decision to remove the deer from the road and throw the body into a river or keep it in the road where the body can potentially become more mangled if a car was to hit the deer again by accident. The author also describes the overall feeling of his surroundings, where it is pitch black out and the only thing the character can hear is the car engine running. This kind of forces the character to make a choice and move on, because there is really nothing he can do.

In Adrienne Rich's poem, " Diving into the Wreck," describes a woman who sets off on her to find and an explore a lost shipwreck that has yet to be discovered. In the beginning the author depicts her as a knight putting on her amor, meaning her diving equipment, getting ready to bravely travel into the dark and mysterious unknown. As she makes her decent down she sees the different marine life that inhabit the wreckage, viewing her as the thief when the ship was first taken by the sea. At the end of her exploration she describes that the ship was no more a myth of a legend. Kind of like the dragon slaying being the knight, the existence of the ship was a big myth that no one could put an end too until one brave diver came along and finally put an end to the myth by discovering the legendary wreckage.