THE SNAKE AND A "HUMAN"

This is a very ironic poem!!!!!!.It particularly displays the typical "human" qualities.

It shows how initially poet thinks the snake(albatross) as its guest and thinks to offer him his hospitality. He was fascinated by it. But still his inner "humanly" voice encouraged him to kill that golden snake as these types of snakes were venomous. Though the snake did no harm to anyone and silently quenched his longing thirst , still he thought to hit him just as an act of self-defence. But at the other hand he was a little afraid to kill him as it might attack him.

Though in the end he attacks him. But it might be because he wanted the snake to not to go into the darkness (the hole). But there is irony at the end of the poem when the poet compares the snake to a king and a god and it might be b'cos he is deeply regretful for his "mistake" .But it also shows that the poet was a good , calm and a peace-loving person (particularly for animals) .

So there is a similarity between the "night of the scorpion" and the "snake" as both of them show the mean acts of humans. Just the difference between these two are that in the former the reptile causes a damage to the poet's mother for it's own self-defense , whereas in the latter one the reptile doesn't cause any damage but still is caused harm. Though both the reptiles are protective and attack for defense .

But I personally feel that these are two are really good poems which poigantly define the typical "human" qualities very well.

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A prison riot near Warner Park passed unnoticed by the bumper crowd that watched Australia beat South Africa in a Cricket World Cup match on Saturday.

International Cricket Council (ICC) officials were also unaware of the revolt, which was quelled by the St Kitts and Nevis security forces with the help of a task force drawn from across the Caribbean.

The national security ministry issued a statement on Saturday saying an uprising had erupted in the prison, which is located 400 metres from the stadium, on Friday night after prisoners fought off warders who wanted to search a cell.

"The prisoners were eventually subdued and the search of the cell was conducted resulting in a small quantity of marijuana being seized," the statement said.

"About 7.30am (1230 GMT) on Saturday ... prisoners escaped into the yard by using furniture in their cell to break down the door.

"The assistance of the security forces was requested by the prison authorities. Members of the police force and the St Kitts and Nevis Defence Force, assisted by personnel of the CARICOM joint Task Force, who initially met with some resistance, quickly brought the situation under control.

"In the process, several prisoners and one prison officer were injured and received medical attention."

A crowd estimated at 8,000 streamed into Warner Park a short while later to watch the match, which started at 9.30am.

The incident did not disrupt the match, and ICC communications officer Sami-ul-Hasan told Reuters he had no knowledge of the situation.

"A prison uprising? I know nothing about that," he said. "If it was going to affect the match I would have known about it."

The multi-national CARICOM Task Force was specifically formed to deal with security issues during the World Cup.

Holders Australia beat South Africa by 83 runs in the Group A match, the top tie of the first round which finishes on Sunday.

The seven-week World Cup, the first in the Caribbean, culminates in the April 28 final in Barbados.