ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Emily Dickinson’s 1865 poem “A narrow Fellow in the Grass” uses the image of an encounter with a snake to explore the nature of fear and anxiety-especially the fear of deceit. Like the proverbial “snake in the grass, ” this snake is a creature of secretive, treacherous menace.

Detailed explanation-2: -Metaphor: The poet compares the motion of a snake to a rider. She compares the quick movement of the snake’s tail to a ‘whip lash’. Animals are compared to ‘Nature’s people’.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dickinson uses personification to convey how death is like a person in her poem “Because I could Not Stop for Death.” This is shown when she conveys how death waits for her.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: The ‘Grass’ is a humorous poem that takes a close look at an element of nature that many are likely to overlook. The poetic speaker personifies the grass, trying to imagine what it must be like to be a blade of grass.