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ANSWER ASAP PLEASE! Which is one way that Emily Dickinson's "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" is different from Patricia Hubbell's "The Black Snake"? A. Hubbell's poem does not contain any figurative language. B. Hubbell's poem does not rhyme. C. Dickinson's poem contains no punctuation. D. Dickinson's poem never uses the word "snake."

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D. Dickinson's poem never uses the word "snake".

Although it is clear that Emily Dickinson is talking about a snake, she never actually uses the word snake in the poem. The purpose of the poem is, in part, to conjure up the image of a snake, without explicitly stating it.
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