Why narrator threw a log of wood at snake when the snake was going bac

1.	Why narrator threw a log of wood at snake when the snake was going back from where it came?
Answer» the poet was first mesmerised by the beauty of the snake. he was caught between human instinct and rational thoughts. but when the snake was going to retreat , then the rational thoughts took over him.he considered himself a coward for not killing snake and so threw a log towards it.

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