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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A narrow Fellow in the Grass canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| 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 of America
ⓘ
surface form:
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 self-link ⓘ |
| 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.