A+narrow+Fellow+in+the+Grass

**A narrow Fellow in the Grass**  A narrow Fellow in the Grass Occasionally rides--- You may have met Him --- did you not His notice sudden is---

The Grass divides as with a Comb--- A spotted shaft is seen--- And then it closes at your feet--- And opens further on---

He likes a Boggy Acre A Floor too cool for Corn--- Yet when a Boy, and Barefoot--- I more than once at Noon

Have passed. I thought, a Whip lash Unbraided in the sun When stooping to secure it It wrinkled and was gone---

Several of Nature’s People I know, and they know me--- I feel for them at transcript Of cordiality

But never met this Fellow Attended. Or alone Without a tighter breaking And Zero at the Bone  [] Sound Devices: alliteration - A floor too c ool for c orn ( third stanza, second line )  internal rhyme - A narrow fellow in the grass (first stanza, first line) Figurative Devices:  Simile - The Grass divides as with a Comb (second stanza, first line)   Metonymy - A spotted shaft is seen (second stanza, second line) Explication:  Emily Dickinson was a poet in the 1800s born in Amherst Massachusetts. Dickinson wrote over 1000 poems but only 7 of them were published anonymously. Throughout her life she kept to herself and writes poems about the emotional events that happen to her. This poem “a narrow fellow in the grass” will show how one event had led her write a poem about a “narrow fellow” who may seem a bit distance and unfriendly.  In this poem, “A narrow Fellow in the Grass”, the poet writes about the speaker who sees a “narrow fellow” in the grass which represents a snake that the speaker does not seem to know very well. As if the snake is an enigma it sometimes shows up in the grass suddenly. When the snake slither through the grass, the grass parts open like a comb is going through it. The snake looks like a spotted stick for one second, and it can coil up and then open once again. The poem explains how the snake likes to live in a boggy or swampy environment. The speaker notices that the snake unbraids itself in the sun, and as he tries to approach it, the snake slithers away before he can get to it. The speaker likes to connect to the “nature’s people” because he goes out to the swampy area barefoot and helpless many times that seems as if all the creatures already know him. The speaker feels for them strongly and the friendliness from all the creatures. The speaker admits that he has never seen the snake with or without his companions, without feeling frightened by it.  “A narrow fellow in the Grass” has six stanzas and each stanza consists of four lines. There is no specific meter or any rhyme scheme to this poem. This poem is a free verse because the poet did not use any rhymes to convey her imagery to her audience. The simile in this poem, “The grass divides as with a comb”, compares the grass that the snake is going through to a comb separating hair. The poet uses this simile to portray how the speaker sees this snake travel around in the grass. “Several of Nature’s People I know, and they know me “and “I feel for them a transport of cordiality” works to give the audience a sense of understanding between the creatures and the speaker. The speaker uses the word “cordiality” to show how much the speaker cares for the creatures.  In conclusion, the poet uses the poem to show how one may want something that he or she can’t have. The snake represents an object that the speaker tries to grasp but seems to slip away from him. The poet uses alliteration in this poem for example, when, stooping to secure it, to attract the audience as if to emphasize the phrase.