"Poem Snakes Project" by Mackenzie Smith

D.H Lawrence

azrielgonder — 2024-10-11 16:10:55 UTC

Emily Dickinson

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mackenziesmith37 — 2024-10-11 16:13:29 UTC

Mary Oliver is an american poet, she died in 2019. Oliver won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Oliver found inspiration for her work through nature. The poem style she writes with is characterized by simplicity and clarity, with a deep appreciation for the natural world. Oliver's beleif is that poetry "mustn't be fancy", and she was known for her plain language.

Mary Oliver

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Mary Oliver and Emily Dickinson's poem only show tone shifts towards the end of the poem, when the speaker's meaning of the story shines through. Their poems are mostly observatory, explaining the speakers experience and the description of the snakes, and settings.

mackenziesmith37 — 2024-10-11 16:36:39 UTC

D.H. Lawrence's poem is a rollercoaster of tone shifts as the speaker goes through a various amounts of emotions and internal conflict. As the speaker is going through a bunch of emotions, the tone is shifting drastically, at a quick pace.

parkeroffineer — 2024-10-11 16:37:50 UTC

Emily Dickinson is regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. She was born in 1830 and during her generation, she wasn't nearly as recognized for her work as she is now. Emily Dickinson has a very unique writing style. She uses a lot of dashes dots and unconventional capitalization. She also uses vivid imagery. Dickinson passed away in the year 1886.

mackenziesmith37 — 2024-10-14 16:18:00 UTC

D.H. Lawrence is an english novelist and poet, who died in 1930. Lawrence's work reflects on modernity, and industrialization, while including sexuality and instinct. The style Lawrence writes with is old-fashioned and strictly structured. However, his writing style changed as he aged, his work became characterised by its lyricism and ability to portray full, developed words. The gerne he writes in is modernism and philosphical fiction.

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3 tone shifts in "Snake"

mackenziesmith37 — 2024-10-16 16:31:37 UTC

One tone change in "Snake" by D.H. Lawrence is when he goes from wanting to kill the snake, to confessing he likes the snake and wanting to keep it alive between stanzas 5 and 6. At first, he was scared of the snake, and out of fear he wanted to kill it. The snake had kept around and suddenly he felt honored that the snake would stay. He then didn't want to harm the snake and wanted to keep it safe. Another tone shift in this poem takes place between stanzas 10 and 11. He was still honored that the snake was not leaving but then the snake started to leave. When the snake started to leave him he became angry and tried killing the snake. He was mad that it was trying to leave him. Then between stanzas 11 and 12 he immediately regrets it. He is upset that he attacked the snake when it tried to leave. Those are three tone shifts in the poem "Snake" by D.H. Lawrence.

"The Black Snake"

mackenziesmith37 — 2024-10-17 16:30:11 UTC

The structure of this poem is free verse, and it consists of six stanzas. The point of view of this poem is first person. The first person point of view conveys how the speaker of the poem is witnessesing death, and contributes to the overall poetic meaning of death is inevitable. The structure suits the poem well and reflects the conversational tone. The structure of the stanzas in the poem contribute to the overall flow of the poem because each stanza has a different thought or idea, providing a clear structure to the poem.

"A narrow Fellow in the Grass"

mackenziesmith37 — 2024-10-17 16:37:45 UTC

Different from "The Black Snake", this poem's structure is hymn meter and formal. It is written in first person, the perspective of a adult's point of view. The poem is rythmicly structured and makes the tone changes very obvious. The poem shows a exploration of fear, and helps the reader understand rhythm as it relates to the words and lines in the poem. The structure in this poem conveys poetic meaning through the utilization of long meter. The poem breaks each line off at the same length as the others, making the reader know there must be more to the story than can be contained in those lines.

"Snake"

mackenziesmith37 — 2024-10-17 16:42:33 UTC

Similar to "The Black Snake", this poem is written in free verse. The poem has long and short stanzas, some containing two lines, while the longest stretches out to seventeen. This poem is written in first person, and the speaker is an unnamed male speaker. This shows significance to the poem because the speaker is sharing his powerful interactions with the snake. The structure of this poem conveys poetic meaning by using free verse, including similes, metaphors, and other poetic devices.

"The Black Snake" Imagery

parkeroffineer — 2024-10-21 01:14:14 UTC

This poem uses some imagery to add to its tone. In the beginning, it says the snake flashed onto the road and the truck couldn't swerve which is kinesthetic imagery. Then it talks about how the snake lies looped and useless, which means it is dead and can't move or do anything. This helps convey how death can happen suddenly and unexpectedly.

"The Black Snake" Similes

parkeroffineer — 2024-10-21 01:33:08 UTC

This poem uses a couple of similes to enhance the imagery she uses. She adds that the snake lies looped and useless as a bicycle tire. This adds to the imagery of the poem because it helps convey how the snake is dead and cannot do anything. Since a bicycle tire is a nonliving thing it can't move like the snake that is dead. This helps the reader visualize the snake as well.

"The Black Snake" Anaphora

parkeroffineer — 2024-10-21 01:45:24 UTC

The poem uses anaphoras to add to the poem's theme of life and death. These phrases help to contrast life and death, being nature's beauty and the harshness of it too.

"A narrow Fellow in the Grass" Imagery

parkeroffineer — 2024-10-21 01:58:35 UTC

This poem uses a little amount of imagery but it plays a significant role in conveying the poet's feelings about nature and the dangers that it can hold. It talks about how you can feel the grass and then the presence of the snake at your feet. The grass helps provide how you feel safe in the grass and then then the danger of a snake lurking in the grass can make you feel uneasy. This all adds to how nature can be beautiful and dangerous at the same time.

"A narrow Fellow in the Grass" Similes

parkeroffineer — 2024-10-21 02:10:32 UTC

This poem has very little similes. It says that the grass divides as with a comb saying the snake moving through the grass moves the blades of grass like a comb. This adds to the poem how the snake is lurking in the grass and how nature can hold dangers.

"A narrow Fellow in the Grass" Anaphora

parkeroffineer — 2024-10-21 02:18:53 UTC

There is very little Anaphoras in this poem. They create a sense of rhythm and add to the speaker's feelings. The repetition adds to the tension and fear that is being portrayed in this poem. That is how Anaphoras are being used in this poem.

"Snake" Imagery

mackenziesmith37 — 2024-10-21 13:58:57 UTC

This poem uses ton of imagery to reinforce how the poem is being told. Visual and kinesthetic imagery is used all throughout the poem, describing how the snake looks like. The visual imagery allows the reader to visualize the characteristics of the snake that the speaker is describing. In the poem, the speaker describes the snake's body as slack and long. This is visual imagery, as it is describing how the snake is built and how it looks. This poem also uses lots of kinesthetic imagery, and the speaker describes the actions of the snake. The poem talks about how the snake is drinking water, and describing his movements, this is kinesthetic imagery.

"Snake" Anaphora

mackenziesmith37 — 2024-10-21 16:22:15 UTC

In the poem "Snake," there is a lot of anaphora used. The anaphora makes the speaker of the poem sound very conflicted, observant, and enraptured. Anaphora is used to evoke high levels of emotion in tension through the poem.

"Snake" Similes

parkeroffineer — 2024-10-21 16:42:28 UTC

This poem uses similes to explain the snake and its actions. It compares the snake to cattle to show how it is drinking from the water trough, and it also compares its tongue to a forked night on the air. The author uses similes to describe the snake and its actions.

mackenziesmith37 — 2024-10-23 16:16:22 UTC

This song shows meaning to the poem because it is singing about having mixed emotions. The poem is a rollercoaster of emotions, and so is this song.