Question

Write the brief explanation of the poem 'The Snake Trying'. Need explanation of all stanza.

Answer 1

Answer:

Summary. In this poem, a harmless green - coloured snake tries to save itself from being hit by a person who is chasing it with a stick to kill it. The poet says that the snake is harmless even to children. ... The snake tries to save itself and hides behind the green - coloured bushes of marshy plants growing in the water ...

Explanation:

Answer 2

Name of the poem - The Snake Trying

By - WWE Ross

Stanza 1

$\boxed{\begin{minipage}{6 cm} \sf{The snake trying}\\ \sf{to escape the pursuing stick,} \\ \sf{with sudden curvings of thin}\\ \sf{long body. How beautiful} \\ \sf{and graceful are his shapes!}\end{minipage}}$

Word          meanings -

Pursuing ⇒ Approaching towards something

Curvings ⇒ Non linear movement

Explanation of stanza 1

In stanza 1, the poet tells how the snake is trying to avoid the stick that is moving towards it by moving the non-linear movement. He gets lost in the beauty and charm of the snake. The poet is amazed at the shape and the graceful gliding of the snake.

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Stanza 2

$\boxed{\begin{minipage}{6 cm} \sf{He glides through the water away}\\ \sf{from the stroke. O let him go} \\ \sf{over the water}\\ \sf{into the reeds to hide} \\ \sf{without hurt. Small and green} \\ \sf{he is harmless even to children.}\end{minipage}}$

Word          meanings -

Glides ⇒ To go across something

Stroke ⇒ Effort on something

Reeds ⇒ Water plants with thick stem

Explanation of Stanza 2

In the second stanza, the poet had describes that the snake is making its way to water due to fear. It was doing so because to avoid harm and it wanted to go unhurt into the reeds. He also requests not to harm the snake, as it is harmless to children, He wanted that snake should be allowed to go to its hide.

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Stanza 3

$\boxed{\begin{minipage}{6 cm} \sf{Along the sand}\\ \sf{he lay until observed} \\ \sf{and chased away, and now} \\ \sf{he vanishes in the ripples} \\ \sf{among the green slim reeds.} \end{minipage}}$

Word          meanings -

Chased ⇒ To go behind

Vanishes ⇒ Disappear

Ripples ⇒ The movement of water current

Explanation of the third stanza -

In the third stanza, the poet says that the snake was lying along the sand until it was recognized by someone, who started chasing it. However, the snake started moving fast. It was hidden into the reeds. The snake was saved. As the colour of the reeds we also green.