The Snake Trying
by W.W.E. Ross
‘The Snake Trying’ by W.W.E. Ross is a short poem describing a harmless snake struggling to go away. The poetic
W.W.E. Ross was a Canadian poet born in 1894. He was Canada’s best-known Imagist writer and also worked as a geophysicist. He is also known for his surrealist poetry.
Today, he is considered the “first modern Canadian poet” by some.
‘The Snake Trying’ by W.W.E. Ross is a short poem describing a harmless snake struggling to go away. The poetic