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Commentary The poem "Night of the Scorpion", written by Nissin Ezekiel has an interesting contrast of good and bad hidden within it (an essence of equality). The poet has made the mother's experience of getting bitten by a scorpion sound very painful and endless. The poet has conveyed this by using some descriptive language. E.g. "May the poison purify your flesh of desire, and your spirit of ambition". This poem which was written by the first person, has other techniques such as; alliteration - "I watched the flame feeding on my mother"; tone of voice (short sentences giving a tense atmosphere) - "My father, sceptic, rationalist, trying every excuse and blessing". In addition, the narrator gives the impression that everyone was concerned about his mother getting bitten. "More candles, more lanterns, more neighbours... They sat around the floor with my mother in the centre". From this passage, it seems that everyone trying...

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