Lawrence's "Snake": An Analysis
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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 y ....
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.... time that he expresses this theme is when the speaker
questions his own manliness. This is stated in the poem when it says, "Was
it cowardice, that I dared not kill it?" This line from the poem says that
the speaker 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 ....
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