Read the lines from the poem 'Night of the Scorpion' and answer the
questions that follow:
I remember the night my mother
was stung by a scorpion. Ten hours
of steady rain had driven him
to crawl beneath a sack of rice.
Parting with his poison - flash
of diabolic tail in the dark room -
he risked the rain again.
The peasants came like swarms of flies
and buzzed the name of God a hundred times
to paralyse the Evil One.
With candles and with lanterns
throwing giant scorpion shadows
on the mud-baked walls
they searched for him: he was not found
1. Who are the different persons referred to in these lines?
2. Cite an instance of simile from the lines.
3. What expression does the poet use to suggest that the scorpion has left the
place after stinging the mother?
4. How does the poet portray a tiny creature like scorpion as something big
and gigantic?
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