Question

What effect does Emily Dickinson's use of assonance and consonance create in this final stanza of her poem "A narrow Fellow in the Grass"?
But never met this Fellow
Attended or alone
Without a tighter Breathing
And Zero at the Bone.

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Answer 1

Answer:

The speaker is revealing his fear of the snake. Meeting this creature, this “narrow fellow,” either “attended or alone” causes “tighter breathing.” It causes the speaker to feel “zero at the bone,” or to be chilled to the bone. The final stanza describes an irrational fear.

Explanation:

Why was the snake called a narrow fellow? By using the word “like”, the speaker effectively personifies the snake. She has already called him a “fellow” and suggested that he “occasionally rides” thereby giving him human qualities from the start. Now, he is a snake who prefers a certain type of home. This further personifies the snake.

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