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SAI International School
Class-IX
Chapter- The Snake Trying
Lesson notes
About the poet
William Wrighton Eustace Ross [often misspelt
William Wrightson Eustace Ross] (June 14, 1894-
August 26, 1966) was a
Canadian geophysicist and poet. He was the first
published poet in Canada to write Imagist poetry -
(precision in use of imagery, clear and sharp
language)
Brief Introduction
This small poem by WW Rose, written in unrhymed, free- verse with
unequal lines , is the poet’s plea to human beings to treat snakes in a kind
manner. Human beings generally tend to kill snakes to avoid being bitten,
but poet reveals that all snakes are not poisonous and all of them do not
harm human beings.
They harm a human being only when they think of him as a danger for his
own life. In fact, in this poem the snake becomes a victim of human
hardness. It is trying to save its own life from humans.
Theme
The poem is based on the theme of prevention of cruelty towards animals.
The poet develops this thought by requesting people to maintain ecological
balance and not to harm any species, in this particular case – the snake.
Since all snakes are not venomous, they are harmless and attack human
