Lawrence's "Snake": An Analysis

Part I of Essay
In D.H. Lawrence's poem entitled "Snake," he examines the differences between feelings and education. He expresses this theme in three ways. The speaker knows that he should kill the snake, he questions his own manliness, and tries to hit it with a log. The speaker in t ....

Part II of Essay
.... This is stated in the poem when it says, "Was it cowardice, that I dared not kill it?" This line from the poem says that the speaker is worried that he will not be called a man because he did not kill the snake. The speaker does not want to feel less than a man because he did not kill the snake, like all men are supposed to do. The third time he expresses this theme is when the speaker tries to hit the snake with a log. This is stated in the poem when it says, "I picked up a clumsy log and threw it at the water-trough with a clatter. ....