Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:
I thought how paltry, how vulgar, what a mean act!
I despised myself and the voices of my accursed human education.
And I thought of the albatross
And I wished he would come back,, my snake.
Paraphrase. The poet thought that his act of throwing the log at the snake was quite worthless, vulgar and mean. He hated himself and all those ideas which human education had taught him. The poet thought of that innocent and auspicious Albatross which was killed by an old mariner in a fit of anger. The poet wished that his beautiful (and beloved) snake would come back.
Questions
(a) How did he feel about his act?
(b) Note the poetic device used in the first line.
(c) What is the synonym for the word ‘bad/evil’ in the passage?
