
Night of the Scorpion by Nissim Ezekiel - Poetry: The Best Words in the Best Order - #BlogchatterA2ZChallenge2021
'Night of the Scorpion' is one of Ezekiel's most popular poems. In the poem, the poet describes one rainy night when his mother was bitten by a scorpion. The villagers came in hordes to help the family. It deals with the superstitions and the mindsets found in villages and little towns.
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