In his poem Snake, Lawrence talks about his encounter with a snake. He makes a particular description of his psychological course during the encounter. In the short period, the poet＇s mind is full of contradictions and conflicts. Beginning with the probe of the symbolical significations of the snake, this paper attempts to analyze the association ofsnake with sexual consciousness as well as the relationship between religion and sex. Based on the intensive reading of the poem, this paper demonstrates that the conflicts in Snake are essentially th...
