Question

the poet was filled with horror and protest when the snake prepare to retreat and hurry itself in the "horrible black " ' dreadful ' hole. in the light of this statement bring out the irony of his act of throwing a log at the snake

Answer 1

the irony is that the snake was black

Answer 2

Irony is that on one side he loved it and on the other side he was in the pressure of human voice which make pressure upon him to throw a log on it.
After throwing log he had something to repent