Boggy+Acre+and+Corn

**"Boggy acre and Corn**"
In the third stanza — the central and longest of the poem — the snake’s actions become increasingly unpredictable and inexplicable. The speaker notes the snake’s preference for “a


 * Boggy Acre**,” a place “too cool” even for “**Corn**,” let alone human beings, then recounts a childhood incident in which he **bent down** and attempted to “secure” a snake but it escaped

him: “It wrinkled, and was gone.” What first appears to be some tool or toy (“a Whip lash”) for the child to use or play with eludes not only human control but also human perception and

attainment.

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