Jharkhand Board Class 9TH English Notes | THE SNAKE TRYING
JAC Board Solution For Class 9TH English Poetry Chapter 9
COMPREHENSION
■ Read the following passage and answer the questions that
follow :―
1. The snake trying
to escape the pursuing stick,
with sudden curvings of thin
long body. How beautiful
and graceful are his shapes!
He glides through the water away
from the stroke.
Q. (a) Name the poem from where this extract has been taken.
(b) Who has written these lines?
(c) What was the snake trying to escape from?
(d) How does the poet admire the snake?
(e) Where does the snake flee and hide?
Ans.(a) Poem- The Snake Trying.
(b) Written by-W.W.E. Ross.
(c) The snake was trying to escape from the man carrying a
stick to kill it.
(d) The poet finds the movement of its thin, long body
graceful.
(e) The snake glides through the water and disappears
among the reeds.
2. O let him go
over the water
into the reeds to hide
without hurl. Small and green
he is harmless even to children.
Q. (a) Who does 'him' stand for?
(b) What is the poet's attitude towards him?
(c) How does the poet defend the snake?
Ans. (a) 'Him' stands for the small green snake.
(b) The poet's sympathies be with the snake. He doesn't
approve of an attempt to kill the snake.
(c) The poet highlights the fact that the snake is harmless
hence there is no need to kill it.
3. Along the sand
he lay until observed
and chased away, and now
he vanishes in the ripples
among the green slim reeds.
Q. (a) Where was he resting?
(b) Why was he chased away?
(e) Where did he hide? Was he poisonous?
Ans.(a) The snake was lying along the sand.
(b) He was chased away because of fear of that poisonous
snake.
(c) The harmless snake went back to the cluster of reeds for
cover. No, he was not poisonous.
Short Answer Type Quesions
Answer these questions in about 30-40 words each :―
Q. 1. What is the snake trying to escape from?
Ans. The snake is a very clever and careful creature. When it is
attacked and followed with the sticks, it tries its best to save itself
from death. It immediately curves its thin and long body and hides
itself into the reeds.
Q. 2. Is it a harmful snake? What is its colour?
Ans. As per view of the poet, the shake is harmless for the
children. It is small and green in colour. The poet praises its beauty
and shape. It looks graceful to him.
Q.3. What does the poet wish for the snake?
Ans. The poet is full of mercy for the snake. He wants it to be
saved. Consequently he says 'Let him go away over the water." It is
because it won't have the hit of the stick.
Q. 4. Why do the people think of snakes as fearsome sym
bols of death?
Ans. The people think of snakes as fearsome symbols of death
because they cause painful and great numbers of deaths in our
country.
Q. 5. Why is the stick pursuing the snake?
Ans. The sticks is pursuing the snake to strike it and to kill it.
It is the weapon of the people who have seen it.
Q. 6. What kind of a body does a snake has? How does it
move?
Ans. A snake has a thin, long body. There are snakes of many
colours. They have mouth and a tongue in it. It moves by making
sudden movements.
Q.7. What does the poet admire about a snake's body?
Ans. The poet appreciates the sudden curvings of the thin,
long body of a snake. He admires the beauty and grace of its
curved shapes.
Q. 8. Where does the snake finally go?
Ans. The snake finally goes into the reeds to hide from the
people. It lies there until it is observed and chased away. In the
end, it disappears in the ripples in the green reeds.
Q.9. Why does the poct use 'he' for the snake?
Ans. The poet makes the snake not as a fearful creature but
"beautiful and gracefull. He makes it as a human being out of
sympathy because it is now a 'victim' and not a 'danger'.
Q. 10. Where shall the snake go and how shall it be safe
from children?
Ans. The snake shall go over the water into the reeds to hide.
It looks small and green. It is not harmful even to the children. It
will lie without being seen and chased away.
Q. 11. How does the poet make the snake look something
beautiful?
Ans. The poet makes the snake look beautiful by describing
its sudden curvings of thin long body. It is shown as 'gliding'
through the water. It looks then 'small and green'.
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