Question

What is diabolic about the tail of the poem?

Answer 1

Answer:

This poem is about how the scorpion stung the poet's mother and the mother's love for her children. ... The way in which the mother is bitten is also shown in 'flash of diabolic tail'; the speaker manages to suggest that the scorpion is demonic with its "diabolic" tail, and emphasises its speed with the word flash.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

This poem is about how the scorpion stung the poet's mother and the mother's love for her children. ... The way in which the mother is bitten is also shown in 'flash of diabolic tail'; the speaker manages to suggest that the scorpion is demonic with its "diabolic" tail, and emphasises its speed with the word flash.