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प्रश्न
Read the poem and complete the table showing the qualities of the father and mother giving sufficient evidence from the poem.
| Qualities | |
| Father | Mother |
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उत्तर
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Qualities |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Brainstorm what you know about Scorpions. Use the points given below.

Complete the following table.
| Scorpion | |
| Many images of the scorpion contrast in the opening lines of the poem. Find examples of each and add them to the columns below. | |
| Timid | Dangerous |
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(1) hides _________ (2) ___________ back |
(i) Diabolic ____________ (ii) ____________ |
Complete the following table.
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Imagery |
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| Look at the description of the village peasants. What does the imagery suggest about them? |
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| The Images | What images suggest |
| They came like swarms of flies. | |
| They buzzed the name of God. | |
| They threw giant scorpion shadows on the mud-baked walls. | |
| They clicked their tongues. | |
Choose the correct alternative.
The poet seems to see the villagers as impractical and almost irritating which suggests that ________________.
Choose the correct alternative.
Using the first person gives the feeling that it is told from ______________.
Choose the correct alternative.
‘The scorpion picked on me. And spared my children’ depicts ____________.
Choose the correct alternative.
The click of tongues reflects their __________ to the predicament.
From the poem provide evidence for the following:
| Stages | Evidence (lines from the poem) |
| (a) the attempts by the peasants to help alleviate the mother’s pain. | |
| (b) the action of these same peasants to kill the scorpion | |
| (c) the reaction of the rational father. | |
| (d) the various superstitions versus the ‘scientific’ | |
| (e) evil versus good. |
Prepare a Presentation (on paper or on a PC) as a piece of reference to other students. Make use of the following points.

Read the following extract and complete the given activities:
A1. From the following extract of the poem provide evidence that it set in a rural background:
Evidence:
- ______
- ______
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With candles and with lanterns May he sit still, they said |
A2. How did the peasants console the poet’s mother? (02)
A3. Pick out an example of Antithesis from the extract: (01)
