The poem symbolically depicts uncertain and bumpy way in life experienced by a modern man. The poem provides a dramatic situation that builds in the reader’s mind while He or she reads a piece of spoken verse on the basis of the speaker’s thoughts and remarks. Similar ideas are expressed in TV drama “24” devoted to social security issues and prevention of terror attacks. The theme of death dominates in the poem as a reflection of life problems and emotional stress going into decline of life priorities. The poem represents a shared experience based on personal perception of reality and a struggle with identity. Stafford writes: “”Traveling through the dark I found a deer / dead on the edge of the Wilson River” (Stafford). The author unveils speakers’ perspectives, involvement in or distance from the experience using symbols and language means such as irony and illusion, paradox and speaker’s tone. Using the theme of death, Stafford appeals to the emotions of readers by using a symbol of a night and the theme of sadness contrasted with ironic remakes and a struggle with identity. It is especially seen on different epithets that serve for making this poem even darker. The aim of the theme of loneliness and isolation in “24” is to develop on the events from night, midnight and the early morning that relate to the soul troubles in the main character. Death underlines problems and life troubles and hardship of life faced by the characters. The critical approaches used by the authors are expanded beyond its recognized limits. In fact, the narrator is very pessimistic. It implies a theme of dreams that did not come true and were left, as being far from a narrator. It is about to be felt in the strokes where a narrator touches upon the edge of dreams: My fingers touching her side brought me the reason— her side was warm; her fawn lay there waiting, It is rather fascinating to know that the bitter truth of life appears to be rather difficult to live for the majority, unless admitting for all, of people. A specific use of such epithets as “tail-light, steady, warm, red” (Stafford) serve represent a board of symbols that are applicable for illustrating the “veil” of the darkest things in life. The key point of interest in such poem is the narrator himself, who is revealed through the first person singular. It feels like William Stafford encountered great problems in his life. The author is up to describe his vision of tragedies in life of people. He, as a poet, has rather fragile soul and heart able to realize the truth of reality. In this respect the following line can better explain such tension inside the narrator’s heart: “I thought hard for us all—my only swerving” (Stafford). Dramatic monologue is a poetic form that is usually referred to a poem that reveals a speech of an individual character; it is written in the first person and presents a single vivid scene through a narration of the speaker and psychological insight of his character. “a doe, a recent killing; / she had stiffened already, almost cold” (Stafford). The rhythm as poetic device is very successfully used by the author in this poem to convey the beautiful image of narrator’s dream. By glow of the tail-light I stum