Understanding "Traveling Through the Dark"

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  • čas přidán 1. 05. 2015
  • a college prof explains the poem line by line

Komentáře • 25

  • @ginger_ale_sloot
    @ginger_ale_sloot Před rokem

    This was the first poem that made me understand and love poetry. Wonderful explanation!!

  • @giowop58
    @giowop58 Před 8 lety +8

    A beautiful poem. Perhaps my favorite. One thing I got from the imagery that you did not and that the significance of the car. It represents modern technology and the chaos it has inflicted on nature. The engine purring, the front lights pointing the way into the future and "I stood in the glare of the warm exhaust turning red..." That's blood imagery. The car lighting the way forward representing machinery prominent place in the future and behind a widening trail of blood representing the destruction of nature. The best thing the man believed he could do for the dear is make sure it was never born.

    • @ardapelle
      @ardapelle Před 5 lety +1

      Thanks John... I also see it in this human influence VS nature sense as the fawn representing more than the individual. The unborn animal becomes allegory for the entire future of the natural world, we feel sadness about our impact upon wilderness and wild things but as the vehicle comes toward us, we have no option but to push it aside. At least this is how it feels to me, especially with the current state of the world.

    • @aryanbista4896
      @aryanbista4896 Před 3 lety

      @@ardapelle what do you think about the tension shown between efficiency and responsibility?

  • @dianisg2380
    @dianisg2380 Před 6 lety +1

    English teachers... college professors and such... this is how your students will really learn and love literature! Thanks Rebecca!!

  • @subashkc7674
    @subashkc7674 Před 3 lety +1

    From Nepal. Thank you for giving best explanation.

  • @BozonWoz
    @BozonWoz Před 8 lety

    Fantastic job. Such a haunting poem. Spot on analysis.

  • @zelmacat
    @zelmacat Před 5 lety

    Thank you so much for posting this video! It really helped me understand the poem better.

  • @samuelvalencia5241
    @samuelvalencia5241 Před 8 lety +3

    Thank you so much for helping me further understanding this poem! You do a fine job at analyzing and explaining it.

  • @pragyagiri6435
    @pragyagiri6435 Před 3 lety +1

    You explained it so well, thanks💛🌸

  • @mukundarajkandel8211
    @mukundarajkandel8211 Před 3 lety

    Thank you very much for this analysis..

  • @ayushbaral8269
    @ayushbaral8269 Před 8 lety +1

    Helped a lot. Thanks :)

  • @subarnasubedi7938
    @subarnasubedi7938 Před 8 lety

    Thats a preety good explanation thaks preety lady!!

  • @rosesuga6715
    @rosesuga6715 Před 6 lety

    Clarified
    Really really thankful
    😁😀😊☺😇

  • @louie8828
    @louie8828 Před 9 lety +1

    Thank you so much i use to dislike poems however thanks to you it helps me understand them more i have Subscribe thank you so much you help people like me who struggle to learn to understand it better

  • @krustomer
    @krustomer Před 9 lety +1

    I could have used this when I wrote two essays about it 😭

  • @rajandhungana5800
    @rajandhungana5800 Před 6 lety +1

    I use to learn too much thanks a lot

  • @binjukhanal6501
    @binjukhanal6501 Před 3 lety +3

    Anyone from Nepal?

  • @ujan6495
    @ujan6495 Před 6 lety

    Nice

  • @joshualofe
    @joshualofe Před 8 lety

    10/10 ign

  • @games4life114
    @games4life114 Před 3 lety

    #DAV raid

  • @games4life114
    @games4life114 Před 3 lety

    #DAV raid