Explain the following line with reference to context:
"The voice of my education said to me; He must be killed"
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Solution
Reference: These words are from D.H. Lawrence's "Snake" Context: This line is an expression of the poet on seeing a snake in his garden. Explanation: D.H. Lawrence had a strange visitor on a hot sunny afternoon. It was a long yellow snake that came to quench its thirst. The poet was afraid to kill it but his inner voice of education suggested him to kill is as yellow snakes were poisonous.