Question

NCERT X
English: Literature Reader

Snake
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What does the poet want to convey by saying that the snake emerges from the 'burning bowels of the earth'?

Answer 1

He wants to convey that the earth under's surface is too hot by which the snake got thirsty and he wants to sip water from the poet's water trough.

Answer 2

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In the poem, the day on which the snake came out to the water trough was really a hot day. The poet want to convey that the bottom of the earth where the snake was forced to live in exile was burning like hell.

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