Catharine Garbo
Mr. Salsich
English 8
4 May 2009


Who is the Dark?:
An essay on the theme of a poem and how it relates to my life.


A theme. What is a theme? Dictionary.com’s definition for a theme is a subject of discussion. There could be several theme’s, just like in this poem, “ Traveling through the dark” by William Stafford.

(TS) A theme can be very vague but in this poem, it is not. (SD) Even though it isn’t vague, you still have to dig deep and fiind it. (CM) After reading this poem over and over, and talking about it in class, it finally came, to me, after all of the digging. (CM) I found that this poems theme isn’t what it appears to be. (SD) However, the author might be making a point that you have to dig for things. (CM) The theme that I have found is to do the right thing. (CM) When the author says, “ to swerve might make more dead”, that’s an example of the theme, to do the right thing. (CS) These are of lots examples of this poems theme.