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Comparison
In the exam, you will be required to write about two or more poems. Which poems could you compare 'Night of the Scorpion' to? There will be a number of ways in which the poems can be compared and you may well be able to think of other similarities!
A comparison with Chinua Achebe's 'Vultures'
| Poet and poem | What to look for in your comparison |
|---|---|
| Chinua Achebe: 'Vultures' | - Both poems use unexpected changes of mood to engage the reader with the ideas of the poems. We start off feeling sympathy for the scorpion, but we are left thinking perhaps this really is a diabolical creature. With the vultures, we feel that they represent something depressing and violent and yet we are surprised by the affection between the two birds. |
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