Question

'I thought how paltry, how vulgar, what a mean act' -The poet is referring to (a) the snake going into the dreadful hole (b) the accursed modern education (c) the act of throwing a log of wood at the snake (d) the act of killing the snake.

Answer 1

ANSWER :
Option C is Correct : THE ACT OF THROWING A LOG OF WOOD AT THE SNAKE.
'I thought how paltry, how vulgar, what a mean act' -The poet is referring to THE ACT OF THROWING A LOG OF WOOD AT THE SNAKE.
** This poem 'Snake’ was written by D.H.Lawrence. He is one of the greatest  figures in 20th-century English literature.
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