Question

answer these questions.
1 How did the scorpion make its way to the narrator's mother?

2What did the peasants pray for?

3How did the narrator's mother recover?

4Which words or phrases in the poem express movement?

5Write a summary of the poem in your own words.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Due to rain, a scorpion entered the poet's house. It stung the poet's mother and crawled under a sack of rice. The poison was spreading through the body of the mother. The scorpion may have foreseen that the villagers will search for it and kill it. this is the answer of the 1st question

Explanation: The peasants came humming the name of God for thousand times. He prayed that all the sins of her mother's previous birth be died today with the scorpion. And he also prayed that the poison of the scorpion may work as a medicine to purify her flesh. this is the answer of 2nd question

The mother found recovery after 20 hours of treatment. We don't know whether the father's treatment cured the mother or the belief and rites of the villagers. But the poet implies that it is the mother's love for her children that saved her. She thanks God because the scorpion has bitten her, not her children

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Answer 2

Answer:

1.There was a steady rain of 10 hours and the scorpion was searching for shelter, so it crawled beneath the sack of rice. The narrator's mother came to room to take rice, the scorpion stung the narrator's mother.

2. The peasants prayed for the narrator's mother recovery. They were superstitious. They believed in the misfortunes of her previous birth, this birth and next birth. They prayed for the scorpion to sit still so that it can stop the spread of venom in her blood.

3.After 20 hours the venom lost its power and the narrator's mother was recovered.

4.The words that show movement are:

Driven, Crawl, Flash, Buzzed, Throwing, Searched, Moved, Twisted, Poured, Watched.

The phrases that show movement are:

Came like swarms of bees

Clicked their tongues

5.It was a stormy night. It was continuously raining for 10 hours. The narrator's mother was bitten by the scorpion. The peasants of the village came to their house. They prayed for her to recover. After 20 hours the poison had left the mother's body. The narrator's father did many things to save his wife. The narrator's mother was thanking god that the scorpion chooses her not her children.

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