What is the theme of poem snake
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The first and the most important thing which runs through the poem is a conflict between men's education and morality. Man is very intelligent and moral creature. The outside world and education pollutes his mind.A child is born truthful and has an innate understanding of the laws of nature. He loves and protects nature.He is totally in sync with nature but as he grows his morality is replaced by education. However men's education says that certain creatures are to be killed and that man must kill them in order to save himself .He says that man not only needs to share his earth with the other creatures but also he needs to understand that we should love all creature made by God equally and must read them well .That is why he is unable first to kill the snake and then is filled with remorse for having hit it with a log .
The second theme which the poem associates itself with is that snake is a biblical myth .It is considered that an evil Serpent was the cause of of the fall of man. The snake hair is seen as a malicious and dishonest creature .But Lawrence here calls snake a Lord and considered it to a beautiful creature of God .He says it snake is majestic creature which should be given its due.
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