Question

Critical appreciation of the poem night of the scorpion

Answer 1

The poem "Night of the scorpion" is written by the famous poet  "Nissim Ezekiel" .  In the poem poet tells about the love of a mother for her children . He depicts the love in a very aesthetic way. The poet tells that once a mother was bite by a scorpion due to which was in the pain but she was still very happy that her child was not bite by the scorpion  . After hearing the news about it the people gathered and search for the scorpion but did not find it. In the end poet tells about the views of the about mother's suffering of people . Every one had the own opinion. The poet shows that the love of a mother is countless no matter what happens and a mother never think twice if she have to face situation like this. This poem shows the value of the love in the world.

Answer 2

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Here Nissim Ezekiel in his poem night of the Scorpion, depicts a are very tender situation of every Indian family.But though dealing with a very sensitive theme - the theme of the speaker's mother, stung by a Scorpion, is given multiple treatment, bringing in its sweep the world of magic and superstition, science and rationality and above all material affection. He deliberately withholds his own emotional colouring and this he does only to make us aware, while reading the poem ,of a traditional world of superstitions as against another of scepticism and rationalism.