Question

In the poem 'the snail'-by William cowper what is meant by self-collecting power?

Answer 1

Here, self-collecting power is explaining the quality snails possess to grab their body. Snails collect their air bones. If someone touches its body, its self-collecting gear ups and implements the action

$\huge {\mathcal{\purple{g}\green{o}\pink{o}\blue{g}\purple{l}\green{e}\pink{d}}}$