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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

For he seemed to me again like a king,

Like a king in exile, uncrowned in the underworld

Now due to be crowned again.

And so, I missed my chance with one of the lords Of life.

And I have something to expiate:

A pettiness.

(b) What is the pettiness referred to in these lines?

OR

(b) What does the word 'hussy' mean?

 

Answer:

(b) Pettiness referred to a mean act of hitting the snake committed by the poet.

OR

(b) The word 'hussy' means a mischievous girl or a brazen woman.