are there seeing the poem unfold right there before them.The last two senses that are incorporated into the poem are the thermal and the touch senses. The first thermal sense that is used is to illustrate the location and characteristics of the poem. It is unchartered grassland that is described as a floor to cool for corn. The reader should feel the cool breeze across their bare feet tracking through the tall grass. Then the sense of the hot sun beating down upon the grass is felt when the author says, a whip lash unbraiding in the sun. The next imagery described is the sense of touch and the impression it gives to the reader. As described before, the idea of the grass closing around the boys feet and how it feels as the snake slithers by. The next time that we read about touch is when the by stoops down to pick up the rope. Unaware that what he has just grabbed is the wrinkled snake, here he unknowingly confronts one of his greatest fears. The imagery that Emily Dickinson uses to create the mood of the poem in collaboration with the unresolved external conflict of snakes builds the foundation for an enjoyable poem. One, that most readers can relate to, as well as develop the picture of atmosphere and location in their minds....
