Analyzing Emily Dickinson's "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass"

The first thing that is tempting to do when first reading Emily Dickinson's poem is to try and figure out what creature or person she is talking about. I found that when doing that, that makes the whole poem much more complicated than it has to be. When disecting this poem, the easiest thing to do is go stanza by stanza and try to paraphrase what Dickinson is saying. One thing that I admire about what Emily Dickinson wrote is that when one reads it, it is like the reader is actually there. One gets vivid pictures as they read it, even though they might not what the the "thing" is yet. "His notice sudden is" this is meaning that you will suddenly come upon this thing or might not notice, but the thing will just come out of no where. "The Grass divides as with a Comb--" This is my favorite part of the entire passage, just because I feel like Dickinson is painting me a picture of what this is looking like. I can see the grass folding or parting in a straight line. "A spotted shaft is seen-- And then it closes at your feet and opens further on" This thing looks like a shaft and is weaving its way through the grass, opening as it goes by and closing back up when it is gone. "he likes a Boggy Acre A Floor too cool for Corn--I more than once at Noon Have passed, I thought, a Whip lash Unbraiding in the Sun" Whatever the creature is, it likes a floor that is cool in temperature.
Throughout this poem, one can begin to see a picture of a creature and that creature is a snake. One can probably guess that toward the beginning of the passage, but as they read through, it is clarified what the "thing" is. Through the power of words, Emily Dickinson takes us on a journey of a snake and that leaves the reader in awe.