Question

Take a close look at lines from Emily Dickinson’s poem “A Narrow Fellow in the Grass”

The grass divides as with a comb
A spotted shaft is seen
And then it closes at your feet
And opens further on
How do these lines reflect the meaning of the poem?

Answer 1

The author's description of the snake paired with her use of punctuation create a realistic but fearful image of the snake slipping through the grass.

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Answer 2

Emily Dickinson usually wrote about life and after-death subjects. But In this poem she wrote about the animal world, for which we can imply that what she is describing is possibly a snake.

.."A Narrow Fellow in the Grass” .

When she writes fellow, she might be talking about a snake, which is thin and long, and when it moves in the grass causes an effect as if it were "combing it"

--"The grass divides as with a comb.."

Also we can imply that she is writing about a person lying on the grass, that is being approached by the animal.

..."A spotted shaft is seen

Shaft: The dictionary defines it as a long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar.

Again, it fits the description of the animal above mentioned.