‘I thought how paltry, how vulgar, what a mean act’- The poet is referring to
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23/12/2020 11:14 am
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‘I thought how paltry, how vulgar, what a mean act’- The poet is referring to
(i) the snake going into the dreadful hole
(ii) the accursed modern education
(iii) the act of throwing a log of wood at the snake
(iv) the act of killing the snake
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23/12/2020 11:15 am
(iii) the act of throwing a log of wood at the snake
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