Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:
But suddenly that part of him that was left behind
convulsed in undignified haste
Writhed like lighting, and was gone
Into the black hole, the earth-lipped fissure in the wall-front,
At which, in the intense still noon, I stared with fascination.
And immediately I regretted it.
Paraphrase. After the poet threw a log at the water-trough, suddenly that part of the snake which was left outside the hole, moved violently in undignified haste. He twisted and turned like lighting and disappeared into the black hole in the crack of the wallfront. It was noon. The snake entered the dark hole and the poet stared him with fascination. And immediately, he regretted at throwing a log at the water-trough.
Questions
(a) Which part of the snake convulsed in undignified haste?
(b) Why did the poet stare the snake with fascination?
(c) What is the word for ‘not graceful’ in the passage?