Write about how 'Blessing' and 'Night Of The Scorpion' show that people in some cultures have to struggle for things that we take for granted in our culture.

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GCSE Poetry Essay

Write about how ‘Blessing’ and ‘Night Of The Scorpion’ show that people in some cultures have to struggle for things that we take for granted in our culture.

‘Blessing’, by Imbilz Dharker and ‘Night Of The Scorpion’ by Nissim Ezelkiel both teach us a lot about another culture. Both poems are set in third world countries; the people in both countries are poor.

The poem ‘Blessing’ describes one day when a water pipe bursts in the middle of the town. This would not seem an important event in out culture, but to these people it is very significant because water is very hard for them to get hold of and the children are never allowed to play in it.

I can see this in the poem where it says, “ sometimes, the sudden rush of fortune ”. This quotation shows that the people see water as a gift from god that is blessed. While we take water for granted, the villagers have to work hard for what they get, and most of the time it is not enough for their families.

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The poem ‘Night Of The Scorpion’ is narrated by the man who’s mother got stung, the person who is telling us this story is the young boy. In our culture, if this had happened we would be taken to hospital and treated. However, the villagers in this community don’t have any medical supplies and so they have to rely on their belief and their skill to produce herbal remedies to help the mother.

I now intend to write about how the poets use language to show the villagers attitudes. Both poets use metaphors. In ‘Blessing’ the water is described as ...

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