A poem with three quatrains of alternating rhythm followed by a couplet is categorically deemed an English sonnet. ... Lawrence both wrote poems with peculiar perspectives about a confrontation with a snake. ... The encounter with the snake slithering by steadily is nonthreatening. ... As he narrates his surroundings "in pajamas for the heat" the absentmindedness is translated over to the careless organization of meter (2). ... The indecisiveness of the poet is translated into the hesitance of the persona. ...

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