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Answer to: He have something to expiate, Explain.

Although the poet hits the snake under the influence of his education he feels sorry and wishes the snake would come back so the poet could crown it l...

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Answer to: You have already read Coleridge’s poem The Ancient Mariner in which an albatross is killed by the mariner. Why does the poet make an allusion to the albatross?

The poet places the blame on the voice of education for his action to have tempted him into hitting the snake and hopes he need not pay for his negati...

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Answer to: The poet experiences feelings of self-derision, guilt and regret after hitting the snake. Pick out expressions that suggest this. Why does he feel like this?

After hitting the snake the poet has feelings of self-derision, guilt and regret. He blames the voice of education that lures him to hit the snake. He...

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Answer to: What is the difference between the snake’s movement at the beginning of the poem and later when the poet strikes it with a log of wood? You may use relevant vocabulary from the poem to highlight the difference.

When the snake comes to the water-trough he ‘trails his yellow-brown soft-belly’ smoothly down silently. And when he has drunk the water he looked aro...

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Answer to: The poet seems to be full of admiration and respect for the snake. He almost regards him like a majestic god. Pick out at least four expressions from the poem that reflect these emotions.

The poet is full of admiration and respect for the snake. He respects it like a guest who has come to his water-trough to drink water. He ‘stands and ...

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Answer to: The poet has a dual attitude towards the snake. Why does he experience conflicting emotions on seeing the snake?

On seeing the snake the poet has conflicting emotions. There is something that actually wants him to like the snake but at the same time his education...

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Answer to: How do we know that the snake’s thirst was satiated? Pick out the expressions that convey this.

The snakes thirst was satiated for, after drinking silendy he lifted his head ‘as catde do’ satisfied and flickered his forked tongue from his lips ‘a...

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Answer to: Do you think the snake was conscious of the poet’s presence? How do you know?

The snake was not conscious of the poet’s presence for it came very peacefully trailing his yellow-brown belly down over the edge of the stone water t...

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Answer to: What does the poet want to convey by saying that the snake emerges from the ‘burning bowels of the earth’?

The poet wants to convey that the snake came out of the dark hell. He means that the snake comes out of the fissure from the bottom of the earth which...

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Answer to: How does the poet describe the day and the atmosphere when he saw the snake?

It was a hot day. The poet came out in pyjamas because of the heat, to fill his pitcher. It seemed to be a day of ‘Sicilian July, with Etna smoking. T...

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Answer to: In stanza 2 and 3, the poet gives a vivid description of the snake by using suggestive expressions. What picture of the snake do you form on the basis of this description?

The snake that came to the water-trough down from a fissure in the earth wall was yellow- brown slack, soft-bellied. He sipped with his straight mouth...

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Answer to: Why does the poet decide to stand and wait till the snake has finished drinking? What does this tell you about the poet? (Notice that he uses ‘someone’ instead of ‘something’ for the snake.)

The poet decides to stand and wait till the snake has finished drinking because he thinks that the snake came before him. The poet stands waiting with...

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