u were there standing beside the boy on that particular day. Through imagery the poems mood, understanding and emotions are created. The dominant sensuous appeal of the poem is definitively fear. Whether Emily Dickinson had a fear of snakes, which she portrayed through the boy, the reader will never know but this poem does generate a sense of uneasiness for the reader. Dickinson uses many physical senses to create the ambiance of the poem and through this the poem becomes meaningful to the reader. The most used sense in this particular poem is that of the visual, in which Dickinson uses it in every stanza. The visual sense seems to be the most powerful tool in presenting an idea to someone. Although we will not all create the same picture in our mind we do share the same common or given characteristics. Dickinson describes the snake as it suddenly emerges from the grass and then its outward physical appearance. Then the location is visually created as it is described as a boggy acre, this is where we all create our own picture of the location of the poem. Another appealing visual aspect is the Whip lash unbraiding in the sun, the boy completely unaware of what the rope really is. Next, the poem describes Natures People, which give the picture of ordinary people in the town, plain town folk of all stature. Lastly, the idea of tighter breathing, this creates the picture of the boy just frozen still and panicked.Another sense used to create the imagery of the poem is motion. We see this in the first stanza as the snake occasionally rides through the grass. The snakes movement continues into the second stanza where the grass divides as with a comb. It continues on as the snake slips by the young boys feet and opens further on. Here, it is where we can truly sense the motion of the snake and visually see it come toward and pass by the young boy. Again the motion that is described in this poem makes the reader feel as if they...
