This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) poems of Black Africa, E.K. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.) Selection of African poetry and E....

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The "voice of my education" in D.H. Lawrence's poem "Snake" refers to culture. The speaker in the poem is struggling with conflicting feelings towards the snake. On the one hand, he recognizes the beauty and power of the creature, but on the other hand, he feels repulsed by it because of his cultural conditioning. The voice of his education represents the societal and cultural norms that have taught him to fear and despise snakes, and it is this voice that he must overcome in order to fully appreciate the snake's magnificence. In other words, the speaker must learn to separate himself from his cultural biases and embrace his more primal instincts in order to fully appreciate the natural world around him.