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The Snail

1.Who wrote the poem, ‘The Snail’?
Ans. The poem, ‘The Snail’ has written by William Cowper.

2. What are the qualities of the snail?
Ans. From the poem, ‘The Snail’ I come to know that the snail is quite, self-sufficient and resilient.

3. What is not the snail afraid of?
Ans. The snail is not afraid of falling from a high place.

3. When does the snail hide himself?
Ans. The snail hides himself if he anticipates any danger of storm or other harm.

4. When does the snail shrink himself into his own house?
Ans. The snail shrinks himself into his house when it is touched in its horns.

5. How does the snail feel when someone touches his horns?
Ans. The snail feels disturbed and shrinks himself into his house when someone touches his horns.


6. What does the snail possess as his personal?
Ans. The snail possesses nothing as his personal except himself.

7. How does the snail find satisfaction?
Ans.  The snail finds satisfaction to be his own treasure himself in the poem, ‘The Snail’.

8. Which lesson do you get from the snail?
Ans. From the poem, ‘The Snail’ we come to learn to be self-content and independent from the snail. We also learn to avoid worthless worldly matters and grow strong within for self-protection.

9. Why does the snail have no fear of falling?
Ans. From the poem, ‘The Snail’ written by William Cowper, the snail sticks close to a grass or a leaf or a fruit or a wall, so the snail has no fear of falling.

10. How does the house help the snail?
Ans. The house helps the snail from any danger of storm or other harm.

11. How does the snail stick to its place?
Ans. The snail sticks to its place closely lest it should fall in the poem, ‘The Snail’.

12. What kind of a life does the snail live?
Ans. The snail lives a lonely life in own place.