Comparing and contrasting night of the scorpion with sacrifice

Comparing and contrasting ‘Night of the Scorpion’ by Nissim Ezikiel and ‘Sacrifice’ by Taufiq Rafat.

Both of these poems are about their own culture. ‘Sacrifice’ is about an Islamic culture and ‘Night of the scorpion’ is about Hinduism. Both of these poems have negativity in them and show no sign of positive things. In ‘Sacrifice’ the poet believes sacrificing is cruel and does need to be done. In ‘Night of the Scorpion’ he believes chanting the name of God is not necessary to cure his mother who was bit by a scorpion.

The title ‘Night of the Scorpion’ leads the reader to believe that this is a frightening or Dramatic tale whereas ‘Sacrifice’ we know that this is about ‘Sacrifice’ and does not tell us what type of poem it is. In the poem ‘Night of the Scorpion’ the villagers in this poem believe that having the poison inside her will be good for her and a quotation would be:

‘May the poison purify your flesh
of desire, and your spirit of ambition,’