Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:
He lifted his head from his drinking, as cattle do,
And looked at me vaguely, as drinking cattle do,
And flickered his two-forked tongue
from his lips, and mused a moment,
And stooped and drank a little more,
Being earth-brown, earth-golden
from the burning bowels of the earth
On the day of Sicilian July, with Etna smoking.
Paraphrase. The snake lifted his head as cattle usually do. He looked at the poet confusedly as cattle look while they are drinking. He moved his two-forked tongue from his lips. He thought for a moment. He stopped and drank a little more water. He was earthly-brown or earthly-golden in colour. He had come from the burning bottom of the earth. He had come out on a day of July in Sicily when Mount Etna was smoking.
Questions
(a) How did the snake lift his head and looked at the poet?
(b) Describe the snake’s appearance.
(c) What is the word for ‘not clear’ in the passage?
