The poem
The snail pushes through a green night, for the grass is heavy with water and meets over the bright path he makes, where rain has darkened the earth's dark. He moves in a wood of desire,
pale antlers barely stirring as he hunts. I cannot tell what power is at work, drenched there with purpose, knowing nothing. What is a snail's fury? All I think is that if later
I parted the blades above the tunnel and saw the thin trail of broken white across litter, I would never have imagined the slow passion to that deliberate progress.
I have chosen your poem to recit tomorrw for my grade seven project. I absoulutely adore your poem and hope you get this for it is out of pure respect.
it is a poem of objective co-relative.The Poet wants to convey that even a snail has a message to teach us that is we take every step with lot of caution.he compares this temperament with snail's slowness.The poet,first gives the realistic movement of the snail.It is also used as an image.The setting of the poem is night and dark.the poem is built on contrast.it has contrast of light and dark."green night"in the poem refers to grasses.As the snail is slowly pushing,the night seems to be green for it.Snail moves in darkness and it leaves light behind it.
english
this poem is comparing to the human behavier and the snail. snail have a purpose for the moving toward the grass and man also have a purpose for the aim this is the difrent between the man and the animal. thom gunn a great american poet, his style of expresing is very great and his expresion also great.
english
snail is innosence and houmarous