the Bengali meaning of the poem hunting snake
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Hunting Snake
“Sun-warmed in this late season’s grace/ Under the autumn’s gentlest sky” The poem begins with the author luring the reader into a false sense of security. “Sun-warmed”, “late season’s grace” and “autumn’s gentlest sky” conjure up an image of a perfect autumn evening, with just the right amount of sun to keep the chill away; the word “grace” invokes a sense of beauty. But barely has the reader settled down for what he expects to be a ‘calm and serene’ poem, that he is rudely jolted awake:” We walked, and froze half-through a pace.” The strong contrast between “Sun-warmed’ and “froze” enables the reader to appreciate the change in atmosphere: from happy and relaxed, it went to wary, cautious… frightened. The fact that no sudden movement is mentioned shows that the poet and her companion were paralyzed with shock and fear, hence “froze”. The punctuation at the end of the line shows that the author was momentarily lost for words and needed a moment to collect her wits; the full stop making the sighting of the snake, somehow more exciting and dangerous, creating tension among the reader. The cause for this abrupt end in the flow is revealed in the next line, “the great black snake went reeling by”. The use of the word “reeling” gives the impression of swiftness along with showing how the author’s mind ‘reeled’ with fear.
“Head down, tongue flickering on the trail/He quested through the parting grass” This portrays the single-minded pursuit of the snake as it hunted for prey. The usage of “quested” gives the impression of undue importance being given to the simple act of hunting for food. Though this is hardly of any importance to the author (unless, of course, she is the prey), it is very important for the snake. This paints the snake in a likeable, sort-of adorable light, since it is diligently attempting to complete a task which seems very difficult in it’s eyes, but hardly so in ours (like how you see a kid attempting to create a tower out of blocks). Until now, the author has not given a thought to snakes being considered evil, au contraire, she actually depicts him as harmless; even the act of hunting, being portrayed in a good manner. The “black” snake brings to mind the snake from the Bible and “parting grass” brings to mind Moses parting the Red Sea; the author is actually connecting the snake (considered a creature of the Dark) with a good deed. However, these lines also simultaneously show how scared the couple was, “head down’, “tongue flickering” ,”quested” and “parting grass” also depict the snake as authoritative, commanding attention, even the grass bowing down in respect and scrambling to move out of its way. They also show its determination for hunting down that prey. Admiration takes center stage for a few moments, Fear being banished into darkness as the poet observes how “sun-glazed his curves of diamond”. Besides being an obvious indication of the snake’s mesmerizing beauty, “diamond” further enhances the snake’s image of being completely focused on its goal; how it is very powerful and not easily deterred. So overcome were they by this combination of fear and awe; so caught-up in the snake’s movement were they that the sheer grandeur knocked the breath out of them, for they “lost breath to watch him pass”.
“What track he followed, what small food/fled living from his fierce intent,/we scarcely thought; still as we stood/our eyes went with him as he went.” Though the poet says that they hardly gave any thought to the snake’s victim, the alliteration “food fled living from his fierce intent”,shows the grand comeback of Fear as the words tumble over themselves, the author and her companion obviously empathizing with the terrified prey. “Fierce intent”, once again, emphasizes the power and determination of the snake. “Scarcely thought; still as we stood” enhances the imagery for this is similar to the hissing of the snake, probably the only sound the poet was attuned to at the moment. The couple is petrified, the only moving part of their anatomy—their eyes—following the snake’s precise movements.
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