Item 3 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 final stanza develop the theme that things that are admirable may still be terrifying?

The speaker wants the snake to attend or stay with him even though earlier stanzas explain where the snake lives.

The speaker refers to zero to demonstrate how cold-blooded and cruel snakes are.

The speaker calls the snake a fellow, but his reaction upon seeing the snake shows he is shaken up.

The speaker describes the snake as a comb and a whiplash, but says he has never seen one.

Have you ever thought you understood a person based on a story that you have heard about them? have you ever guessed about a person's personal life because of the clothes they wore? or, have you judged a person because of their friends? although classifying people in this way is typically discouraged, authors deliberately use your preconceived ideas to you form an opinion about the character or to at least have a better understanding. can you think of a time that you made a character call about someone based on external aspects? were you correct, or incorrect? has anyone ever made an incorrect assessment of you based on external aspects? write two paragraphs about it in your journal.