3. Answer the following questions

1. What does the snail usually stick itself to?
2. What makes the snail well-satisfied?

Answer

1. According to the poem, the snail usually sticks itself to “grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall.” The poem says, “To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, the snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, as if he grew there, house and all, together.” This suggests that the snail is able to stick to a variety of surfaces.
2. The poem states that the snail is “well satisfied to be his own.” This suggests that the snail is content with being alone and having no possessions. The poem says, “Where’er he dwells, he dwells alone, except himself has chattels none, well satisfied to be his own.”