How do the speaker's feelings in the "the black snake" compare to the speaker's feelings in "a narrow fellow in the grass"? a, b, c, or d. m a narrow fellow in the grass occasionally rides— you may have met him—did you not his notice sudden is— the grass divides as with a comb— a spotted shaft is seen— and then it closes at your feet and opens further on— he likes a boggy acre a floor too cool for corn— yet when a boy, and barefoot i more than once at noon have passed, i thought, a whip lash unbraiding in the sun when stopping to secure it it wrinkled, and was gone— answers- a. the speakers of both "the black snake" and "a narrow fellow in the grass" are excited and happy. b. the feeling in "the black snake" is playful, while the feeling in "a narrow fellow in the grass" is serious and fearful. c. the feeling of both poems is fearful and suspenseful. d. the speaker of "the black snake" is timid but happy, while the speaker of "a narrow fellow in the grass" is cheerful and relaxed. need answer !

The correct answer is C.

Explanation:

In the 'Black Snake' the spaker' is fearful so is the speaker in 'A Narrow fellow in the Grass'. Of course, there is a combination of feelling other that fear, but this last one is present in both titles.

C

Explanation:

I Took the test

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.

c hydrophobia is the answer