Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SNAKE, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet is the swamp with its secrets Last Line: And guile is where it goes. Variant Title(s): Poem: 1740;poem: 1780 Subject(s): Animals; Snakes; Serpents; Vipers | ||||||||
SWEET is the swamp with its secrets, Until we meet a snake; 'T is then we sigh for houses, And our departure take At that enthralling gallop That only childhood knows. A snake is summer's treason, And guile is where it goes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE IMAGINED COPPERHEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS TO THE SNAKE by DENISE LEVERTOV FIVE ACCOUNTS OF A MONOGAMOUS MAN by WILLIAM MEREDITH TANKA DIARY (8) by HARRYETTE MULLEN SNAKE WOMAN by MARGARET ATWOOD |
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