Emily Dickenson And A Narrow Fellow In The Grass

The two poems that I chose to compare are both written by Emily Dickenson; the first poem is “A Narrow Fellow in the Grass,” and the second is “[The Brain- is wider than the Sky].” These poems were written 4 years apart, the first coming in 1862, and the second was written in 1866. While we read “[The Brain- is wider than the Sky]” for class, we did not read “A Narrow Fellow in the Grass.” These two poems are very different, while at the same time they are very similar; Emily Dickenson has a special way of formatting her poetry, as well as using imagery to express her thoughts, to inspire her readers. Her poems are known to be very inspiring and she set the stage for poets to come, as she was one of the first women in American poetry. Something …show more content…
For example, she writes about love, nature, pain, religion and so on. Specifically in the poem, “A Narrow Fellow in the Grass” the theme is fear and nature. I say nature, not because Emily Dickenson is writing about nature, but because she uses nature as her imagery to disguise what she is afraid of. I believe that in her poem she is talking about a snake. The first thing that led me to believe this is the title of the poem, “A Narrow Fellow in the Grass.” I believe that she is talking using the line “A Narrow Fellow in the Grass” to give imagery of a snake; on top of that, I think she is using the imagery of the snake as someone who she does not trust. Often times, people are referred to as snakes if they cannot be trusted; she writes “You may have met him- did you not his notice sudden is-.” This is her using imagery, saying that you have met him, but you don’t realize that you have because the snake is not always seen, it camouflages its self. She writes that when the grass divides you see a spotted shaft. Here she is showing that the snake is hard to see, and even when you do see it, all you can see is a spotted shaft. The next line she writes “And then it closes at your feet And opens further on-.” This is her showing the attack of the snake, or untrustworthy person. She shows how we are not ready for the snake to attack because it is disguised so well, but the next thing you know it has bitten your foot and than taken your whole body. I believe that she is talking about a person here, she is comparing the snake to a person who she doesn’t trust. That person does not seem to be harmful because they are hidden in disguise, but when you let your guard down, that’s when they take advantage of you. You can see this in her poem when she writes, “ He likes a Boggy Acre A floor to cool for corn- yet when a boy, and