What is the metaphor in the poem "Night of the Scorpion"by Nissim Ezekiel?Detailed description

I might go a bit different on this and suggest an
alternate way of examining the poem.  There is the literal meaning of the poem in terms
of the mother being stung by the scorpion.  I would probably say that this event is a
metaphor for how individuals of all background and faith orientations are challenged by
the force of death.  The villagers, rooted in their traditional approaches to faith, are
incapable of alleviating the woman's suffering, the children's uncertainty at seeing
their mother's plight, and the husband's fears that his wife will die and there is
nothing he can do to stop it.  At the same time, the father, who believes in Western
medicine and rationalist approaches, is equally trapped in that the doctors and
approaches cannot alleviate the condition of his wife or of the husband's pain.  The
metaphor might be that there are conditions that cannot be effectively alleviated by
either culture.