Read what W.W.E. Ross feels when he sees a snake and fill in the table given below:
The snake trying to escape the
pursuing stick, with sudden curvings
of thin long body. How beautiful and
graceful are his shapes!
He glides through the water away
from the stroke. O let him go over the
water into the reeds to hide without
hurt. Small and green he is harmless
even to children Along the sand
he lay until observed
and chased away, and now
he vanishes in the ripples
among the green slim reeds.
What is the snake doing?
Words to describe the snake
Poet’s plea
What is the snake doing?
• The snake is gliding through the water to escape the stroke of the stick.
• The snake vanishes in the green slim reeds.
Words to describe the snake - thin, long, beautiful, graceful, small, green, harmless.
Poet’s plea - to let the snake go unhurt into the reeds