Class 12th ke Lesson 09 SNAKE.pdf

Class 12th ke chapter 9
Class 12th ke lesson 9

1. NO.01 MASTER MIND ENGLISH CLASSES GHORASAHAN
Lesson 09 SNAKE
 The poem "SNAKE" has been composed by D.H.
Lawrence.
 His full name is David Herbert Lawrence.
 He was born on 1885 and died on 1930.
 He was a poet, novelist,short story writer and
essayist.
 He was born in Nottinghamshire,a mining village of
Eastwood.
 His important works are:-A Collection of
Poems(1909),The White Peacock (1911),The
Trespasser(1912),Sons and Lovers (1913),The
Rainbow (1915)Plumed Surpent(1926) Lady
Chatterly's Lover(1926).
Summary of the poem:-
The present poem has been composed by a great
English poet D.H.Lawrence.He was a novelist, essayist
and short story writer.
In the present poem he exalt s the
values of primitive life.He describes about a day when
he was sleeping in his room only in pyjamas because of
heat. He came down to drink water near the water
trough with a pitcher. When he reached near the
trough, he saw a snake there. He waited and began to
see the activities of the snake. The snake came out of a
whole near the trough. He thought to kill the snake but
he was afraid and he began to like him.The snake was
poisonous because he was yellow and brown. In Sicily,
the black, black snakes are innocent and the gold are
venomous. The snake drank much and looked around
and began to depart. The poet thought that the snake
was a king or a God. The poet also longed to talk with
the snake. When the snake began to go in the whole
the poet took a clumsy log and throw up the snake. The
snake moved fast in his whole.
Thus the poem describes about the importance
of primitive life when the poet was most afraid in his
life to see a snake.
*Questions and answers:-
B.1.2.
1. Where did the speaker meet the snake?
Ans:-The speaker met the snake near the water
trough.
2. Why did it come out of its hole near the trough?
Ans:- It came out of its hole near the trough to
drink water.
3. Why did the speaker decide to wait?
Ans:-The speaker decided to wait because the
snake came first and he came after the snake
near the trough.
B.2.2
1. How did the snake drink water?
Ans:-The snake came near the water trough and
sipped his straight mouth in the trough and
drank much.
2. What is the meaning of 'Sicilian July with Etna
Smoking'?
Ans:-'Sicilian July with Etna Smoking' means
that in Sicily there is much heat in the month of
July.It appears just like as fire and smoke.
3. What is the belief prevailing in Sicily about a
snake?
Ans:-In Sicily,the belief prevailing about a snake
is that black snakes are innocent and the gold
are venomous.
4. Why did the speaker like the snake?
Ans:-The speaker liked the snake because his
activity was beautiful.He came like a
guest,drank water and depart peacefully and
pacified.
5. Do you think he had a conflict in his mind?
Ans:-Yes,I think he had a conflict in his mind
because he wanted to kill the snake because
the snake was poisonous but he also liked the
snake.
B.2.2
1. What thing about a snake did appeal him most?
Ans:-The activity of the snake appealed him
most because the snake came out of the hole,
drank enough water looked around and went
peacefully and pacified.
2. Why did he not like it going back to the dark
hole?
Ans:-The speaker did not like the snake going
back to the hole because he began to like the
snake and longed to talk to him.
3. Why did the speaker consider it 'a king in exile'?
Ans -The speaker considered it 'a king in exile'
because he came out from the whole, drank
enough water looked around like a king in exile.
4. What was his reaction after hitting the snake?
Ans:-When the poet hitted the snake,his back
part which did not enter the whole,was moving
fast and the snake moved fast in his whole