Snake by D.H.Lawerence

SNAKE BY D.H.LAWRENCE

POETRY IS A MEANS OF EXPRESSING A PERSON’S THOUGHTS, FEELINGS AND EXPERIENCES. EVERY POEM IS A RESULT OF A POET BEING INSPIRED. SIMILARLY, D.H.LAWERENCE WROTE ‘SNAKE’ AFTER BEING INSPIRED BY HIS ENCOUNTER WITH THE SNAKE AT HIS WATER TROUGH IN 1920-21 WHEN HE LIVED IN A TOWN IN SICILY INSIGHT OF MT.ETNA. HE USES THE TRUE VERSE AND SENSES TO CREATE A VIVD PICTURE OF HIS EXPERIENCE.
LAWERENCE’S TITLE IS A COMMON NOUN, WHICH FORMS THE INSPIRATION AND MAIN SUBJECT OF THE POEM., BEING DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE POEM AND CONTENT, IS EASY FOR THE READER TO COMPREHEND THE POEM.
THE POEM THOUGH DESCRIPTIVE IS REFLECTIVE BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE POEM, THE POET’S THOUGHTS ON HIS BEHAIVOUR AND PETINESS ARE DWELT UPON. IT STATES THE IDEA BEING CONVEYED EFFECTUALLY. LAWERENCE CAREFULLY STRUCTURES THE POEM. IT CONSISTS OF STANZAS WITH DIFFERENT LENGTHS. LONG LINES AE INTERSPURSED WITH SHORT LINES. HE ALSO MAKES USE OF ISOLATED WORDS LIKE ‘SILENTLY’...