Essays on The Hunting Snake

Original title	The Hunting Snake
Author	Judith Wright
Language	English
Characters	Any Named Characters
Published	1969
ISBN	9780702219490

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The Hunting Snake is a collection of poems by Judith Wright. The poems are about the author’s experience of growing up in Australia, and her relationships with the land and the people around her. The poems are also about the author’s feelings towards the environment and the way it is being treated.

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The main subject of the poem is the sudden appearance of the snake and the surprised reactions of the poet and her companion. The snake does no harm to the walkers and they in turn do not harm the snake. As an environmentalist, Wright sought to preserve the natural surroundings in Australia. She cared intensely for the Aboriginal people who lived in close intimacy with nature which the settlers did not. The poem, on the surface, is about the sudden…

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