Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:
And as he put his head into that dreadful ****,
And as he slowly drew up, snake-easing his shoulders, and entered farther,
A sort of horror, a sort of protest against his withdrawing into that horrid ** *,
Deliberately going into the blackness, and slowly drawing himself after,
Overcame me now his back was turned.
Paraphrase. The snake put his head into that fearful . As he drew up entering further, the snake loosened his shoulders. A sort of horror or a sort of protest overpowered the poet when he saw the snake withdrawing into the horrible *** and knowingly going into the blackness. He slowly withdrew and his back was turned now.
Questions
(a) Where did the snake put his head into?
(b) Why did a sort of horror or protest overpower the poet?
(c) What is the word for ‘fearful’ in the passage?
