Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SNAKE, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A narrow fellow in the grass Last Line: And zero at the bone. Subject(s): Animals; Snakes; Serpents; Vipers | ||||||||
A narrow Fellow in the Grass Occasionally rides -- You may have met Him, -- did you not His notice sudden is. The Grass divides as with a Comb -- A spotted shaft is seen -- And then it closes at your feet And opens further on. He likes a Boggy Acre A floor too cool for Corn -- Yet when a Boy, and Barefoot -- I more than once, at morn, Have passed, I thought, a whip lash Unbraiding in the Sun When stooping to secure it It wrinkled, and was gone. Several of Nature's People I know, and thy know me -- I feel for them a transport Of cordiality -- But never met this Fellow Attended, or alone, Without a tighter breathing And Zero at the Bone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE IMAGINED COPPERHEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS TO THE SNAKE by DENISE LEVERTOV FIVE ACCOUNTS OF A MONOGAMOUS MAN by WILLIAM MEREDITH TANKA DIARY (8) by HARRYETTE MULLEN SNAKE WOMAN by MARGARET ATWOOD |
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