The poem "Snake" tells a story of an encounter between a man and a snake, the latter of which is recognized as a symbol of what Sandra Gilbert identifies as the whole of our" instinctual blood-being." To argue this point, the present paper starts with a close reading of the poem by focusing on the snake image, followed up with an examination of the poet's representation of the snake and his considerations of the snake symbol in his other writings. By comparing Lawrence's views of snake nature with those in Judaeo-Christian tradition, we may come to see the ...
