What mood does the poet create in this poem?
Hunting snake. A poem by Judith Wright. The poem explains an event where she was confronted by a big black snake. They were walking when suddenly a big black snake passed by infront of their eyes. It was hunting it’s prey. The writer explained the event with adjactives that gives the mood in the poem. The title “ Hunting Snake” means the snake is hunting it’s prey not the humans which are hunting the snake. The mood the author creates differ on every stanza. At the first and second stanza she used positive adjactives on describing the weather. On the part where the snake confronted them, she starts to use intense adjactives to make the mood serious. At the end she used adjactives that describes relieved and calm.
“Sun warmed in this late season’s grace”. The bolded word explains the situation at that time. The word grace describes the situation at it’s best and heavenly. “ under the autumn’s gentlest sky” gentlest means that the the weather at that time was calm and peaceful making the mood lively and calm. The author used positive adjactives to describe the weather and situatiion before they enter the situation when they are confronted by the snake. It is easy to notice because when the author talks about the weather she used the words which sets the situation peaceful.
As the author enters the part where they are confronted by the snake, she uses a more gloomy and scary adjactives. But before she gets to the part where they saw the snake, she describes the snake as a magnificent creature. “ Sun glazed his curves of diamond scales” it means that the skin of the is as bright as a diamond when it is hit by sun rays. When the author gets into the part where they are confronted by the snake, she starts to use more intense adjactive/phrase to set the mood serious. “ We lost breath to watch him pass”. They were startled by the snake as it pass infront of their eyes. The mood at that situation was scared or shocked. “Fled living from his fierce intent” It’s prey is scared as it is hunted by the snake. The word fierce adds the mood more intense because it means to show intense and ferocius emotion. The snake was hunting it’s prey ferociously. “ Cold, dark and splendid” the author described the snake as a magnificent creature.
At the end the author uses words to show that they are relieved that the snake is gone. “ We took a deeper breath of day” They took a a breath means that they are relieved. They are relieved because they were safe from the snake. “Looked at each other and went on” they walked on and continued they’re life because they were lucky that they are safe from the snake.
The author differs her language to set the mood different at every situation. She used phrases and adjactives so the mood is easier to acknowledge. Words are a great tool to set moods and create a thrill in every situation.
PETER JAYA SATYO 9A
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