Question

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
(1) hides ............	(i) Diabolic ............
(2) ............ back	(ii) ............

Answer 1

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
(1) Hides: “steady rain had driven him to crawl beneath a sack of rice”	(i) Diabolic: “flash of diabolic tail in the dark room”
(2) Back: “he risked the ram again"	(ii) “parting with his position”