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2. Is the poem written in first, second, or third person, or is there
some combination?
3. What is the speaker describing? How do you know? Answer
citing specific lines.
4. How does the speaker feel about what is being described? How
do you know? Answer citing specific lines.
5. In the last line of the first stanza, “his notice sudden is,” is
worded so that it seems to break off sharply in the middle of a
breath. How does that effect relate to first noticing a snake?
6. Choose two phrases from the poem that describe the
movement of a snake.
