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प्रश्न
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. |
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उत्तर
| Stages | Evidence (lines from the poem) | |
| (a) the attempts by the peasants to help alleviate the mother’s pain. | A | "May he sit still, they said, May the sins of your previous birth be burned away tonight, they said. May your suffering decrease the misfortunes of your next birth, they said. May the sum of all evil balanced in the unreal world against the sum of good. Become diminished by your pain. May the poison purify your flesh of desire, and your spirit of ambition" |
| B | "and they sat around on the floor with my mother in the centre, the peace of understanding on each face" |
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| (b) the action of these same peasants to kill the scorpion | A | "With candles and with lanterns throwing giant scorpion shadows On the mud-baked walls" |
| B | "They searched for him: he was not found" | |
| (c) the reaction of the rational father. | A | "My father sceptic, rationalist, trying every curse and blessing, powder, mixture, herb and hybrid." |
| B | "He even poured a little paraffin upon the bitten toe and put a match to it" |
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| (d) the various superstitions versus the ‘scientific’ | A | "and buzzed the name of God a hundred times to paralyse the Evil one" |
| B | "With every movement that the scorpion made his poison moved in Mother's blood, they said" |
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| C | "May he sit still, they said, May the sins of your previous birth be burned away tonight, they said. May your suffering decrease the misfortunes of your next birth, they said. May the sum of all evil. balanced in the unreal world against the sum of good. become diminished by your pain. May the poison purify your flesh of desire, and your spirit of ambition" |
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| D | "Trying every curse and blessing, powder, mixture, herb and hybrid. He even poured a little paraffin upon the bitten toe and put a match to it" |
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| E | "I watched the holy man perform his rites to tame the poison with an incantation" |
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| (e) evil versus good. | A | "I remember the night my mother Was stung by a scorpion." |
| B | "flash of diabolic tail in the dark room" | |
| C | "May he sit still, they said, May the sins of your previous birth be burned away tonight, they said. May your suffering decrease the misfortunes of your next birth, they said. May the sum of all evil balanced in the unreal world against the sum of good. become diminished by your pain. May the poison purify your flesh of desire, and your spirit of ambition" |
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| D | "I watched the holy man perform his rites to tame the poison with an incantation" |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Complete the following table.
| Background/setting of the poem | |
| Type |
Evidence (Quote lines from the poem |
| Rural/Urban | ______________________ |
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 poem does not have a rhyme scheme, which means the poem is a perfect example of a ___________.
Choose the correct alternative.
The click of tongues reflects their __________ to the predicament.
Expand the flow-chart in writing a paragraph in your own words.
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)
Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the given points in a paragraph format:
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Night of the Scorpion I remember the night my mother |
Points:
- The title and the poet of the poem
- Rhyme scheme
- Figures of speech
- Central Idea/Theme
Read the following extract and do the given activities.
A1. Match the following:
| (1) Misfortunes | mud-baked |
| (2) Ambition | bad luck |
| (3) World | goal |
| (4) Wall | unreal |
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With candles and with lanterns -Nissim Ezekiel |
A2. Write two words ending in "on".
A3. Give an example of "metaphor" from the extract.
