A narrow Fellow in the Grass

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"A narrow Fellow in the Grass" is a lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that vividly personifies a snake encountered in nature, exploring themes of fear, fascination, and the uncanny in the natural world.

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A narrow Fellow in the Grass canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lyric poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author Emily Dickinson ⓘ
belongsToAuthorCorpus Emily Dickinson poetry ⓘ
belongsToLiteraryMovement American poetry of the 19th century ⓘ
contrasts childhood familiarity with adult fear ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
exploresConcept ambiguity of nature ⓘ
instinctive fear response ⓘ
exploresEmotion awe ⓘ
sudden terror ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The Springfield Daily Republican ⓘ
firstPublishedTitle The Snake ⓘ
form stanzaic poem ⓘ
frequentlyAnthologized true ⓘ
genre nature poetry ⓘ
hasImageryOf grass ⓘ
movement ⓘ
nature ⓘ
hasOpeningLine A narrow Fellow in the Grass ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice imagery ⓘ
metaphor ⓘ
personification ⓘ
mainSubject snake ⓘ
meter common meter ⓘ
narrativePerspective recollection of past encounter ⓘ
numberOfStanzas 6 ⓘ
originalPublicationDate 1865 ⓘ
periodOfComposition 19th century ⓘ
portraysSnakeAs elusive ⓘ
fascinating ⓘ
threatening ⓘ
rhymeScheme irregular ⓘ
setIn grassy field ⓘ
rural landscape ⓘ
subjectOf academic analysis ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
theme childhood memory ⓘ
fascination with nature ⓘ
fear ⓘ
human relationship with nature ⓘ
the uncanny in the natural world ⓘ
tone ambivalent ⓘ
uneasy ⓘ
usesCharacteristicCapitalization unconventional capitalization ⓘ
usesCharacteristicPunctuation dashes ⓘ
usesFirstPersonNarrator true ⓘ

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A Bird came down the Walk → relatedWorkByAuthor → A narrow Fellow in the Grass ⓘ
A narrow Fellow in the Grass → hasOpeningLine → A narrow Fellow in the Grass ⓘ