Analysis Of The Poem In The Snake Park

Register to read the introduction… Although both poem describe to the reader the movement of snakes, the movement in the second differs from the movement in the first, as the first poem focuses on the vibrancy of their movement. The metaphor "green river" gives the idea of calmness, life, growth and energy. In this second poem, however, a sense of laziness is felt by the reader. The pace of the poem is slow. The poet uses words and phrases such as "lethargy", "dreaming", "twitched", "poured slowly" and "appeared to sleep", to create this slow, lazy feeling. …show more content…
"in the Snake Park" has an uncomfortably hot atmosphere, with phrases such as "white-hot midday", "singing glare", "the sun throbbed like a fever" and "burning glass" that make the reader feel restless and uncomfortable. This discomfort could also be caused by the way the snakes move; slow and lazy, as if sleepy, but with a sense of underlying danger. Here the rhythm and level of energy of the poem mirrors the movement of the snakes. Contrast this with the cool calm atmosphere of the first poem; "green waters", "tree", "leaf", "Eden"; and the hypnotic movement of the snakes "sways and coiling". The first poem is a much nicer place to be than the second, from the atmosphere; the first being "Eden" and the second a "white-hot"