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Lawrence's "Snake": An Analysis - College Papers

Lawrence's "Snake": An Analysis

In D.H. Lawrence's poem entitled "Snake," he examines the
differences between feelings and education. He expresses this theme in
three ways. The speaker knows that he should kill the snake, he questions
his own manliness, and tries to hit it with a log.
The speaker in this poem learns that if you listen to your feelings
then you will be a lot better off in life. D.H. Lawrence does an excellent
job of displaying this theme through this poem and this is one of the
reasons that he is one of the most prolific English writers of the
twentieth century.
The first time he expresses this theme is when the speaker knows
that he should kill the snake. This is stated in the poem when it ...

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is worried that he will not be called a man because he did not
kill the snake. The speaker does not want to feel less than a man because
he did not kill the snake, like all men are supposed to do.
The third time he expresses this theme is when the speaker tries to
hit the snake with a log. This is stated in the poem when it says, "I
picked up a clumsy log and threw it at the water-trough with a clatter.
This line from the poem says that the speaker listened to his feelings that
he should kill the snake instead of listening to his education, so he tries
to kill it. Then the snake leaves and the speaker knows that he will never
see the snake again. If the man listened to his education instead of his
feelings he would not have missed out on a chance to meet one of the lords.

This poem shows that even though you may learn some things in life,
not to let them run your life. The speaker in this poem learned in life
that if you don't like something and something is bothering ...

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Added: 10/5/2005 02:02:59 PM
Category: Poetry & Poets
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 502
Pages: 2

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