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read the last three lines of the poem.do they surprise you?give reasons for your answer.in the poem night of the scorpions​

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The Poems of Nissim Ezekiel Summary and Analysis of "Night of the Scorpion"

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Summary

In "Night of the Scorpion," the speaker tells a story from his childhood in which his mother was bitten by a scorpion. The poem begins with a simple declaration: "I remember the night my mother / was stung by a scorpion" (1-2). The scorpion had entered the speaker's home because it wanted to hide from the rain. When it bit the speaker's mother, it was hiding beneath a sack of rice.