Read the stanza from “A Narrow Fellow in the Grass.”

But never met this Fellow

Attended, or alone

Without a tighter breathing

And Zero at the Bone —





How does the last stanza contribute to the structure of the poem?

The first five stanzas express the speaker’s tone of admiration for the snake while the last stanza changes to a tone of hatred.


The first five stanzas introduce the reader to the speaker, while the final stanza describes what the snake is like.


The previous stanzas give a neutral description of the snake, while the final stanza expresses the speaker’s fear.


The previous stanzas describe how the snake looks and acts, while the final stanza explains how cold the speaker is..