Question

the poet experience feeling of self derision ,guilt and regret after hitting the snake. pick out expression that suggest this. why does he feel like this

Answer 1

The experience are ,A sort of horror, a sort of protest, to expiate, A pettiness,. The poet feels this way because he feel regret and realized that he shouldn't have thrown a log to kill the snake

Answer 2

In the poem Snake by D.H Lawrence, the poet feels the guilt and regret after hitting the snake. The voice of education lures him to hit the snake and blames it. He despises himself by thinking about how ‘Paltry, how vulgar, what a mean act!’ he did. Human education is cursed through his inner voice.