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Williams develops an image of a snake, it is hard to tell whether he parallels himself or other poets to the snake. I would assume the snake represents a rival, as he continues the serpentine imagery with his diction, “slow…sharp…strike…sleepless…” He goes on to say that this snake uses metaphor to bring together people and the stones...
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The snake slyly compares people with stones, employing the usage of metaphor. The core of the poem lies in the following lines with “(No ideas but in things) Invent!” The abstract, intangible idea is not what catches the eye of the mind, but things with substance...
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