A Tiger in the Zoo
Leslie Norris
Introduction
Leslie Norris has given an appropriate description of a tiger. He has contracted a tiger in a zoo with the tiger in the natural habitat. The poem moves from the to the Jungle and back again to them soon. In his natural surroundings, he is happy and enjoys his skill. but in captivity is full of rage and trouble. the poet shows his deeply concerned for freedom and once natural habitat.
Summary
Tiger in a cage: there is a tiger in a zoo. Lively stripes are visible on his body. in the cage, he walks in the quiet rage over the pads of quite a velvet.
Tiger in the jungle: when the tiger is in his natural habitat, he lurks in Shadow. he slips through the long grass near the water source where he can catch the healthy deer.
Terrorizing the village: while moving around the houses at the corner of the jungle, he tries to terrorize the village with his bare teeth and claws. If he is put behind the bars in a concrete cell, he moves in rage. He does not care for the visitors.
Staring the stars: at night he has the patrolling cars and stares at the brilliant stars.
हिंदी सारांश
पिंजरे में बाघ: चिड़ियाघर में एक बाघ है चमकीली धारी है उसके शरीर पर है वह शांत गुस्से से मखमल के गद्दे पर पिंजरे में चलता है।
जंगल में बाघ: जब आप अपनी प्राकृतिक स्थान पर है, छाया में छुपा रहता है। लंबी घास में वह पानी के स्रोत तक स्वस्थ हिरणों की तलाश में भटकता रहता है|
गांव में आतंक फैलाना: घरों के इर्द-गिर्द घूमते हुए जंगल के कोने तक वह गांव में अपने नंगे दांतो और पंजों से आतंक फैलाता है अगर उसे कंक्रीट की जेल के सलाखों में बंद कर दिया जाए, वह वहां गुस्से में चलता है। वह आगंतुकों की भी परवाह नहीं करता है|
तारों की और घूरना: रात को वह रक्षा निमित्त घूमती गाड़ियों की आवाज को सुनता है और चमकीले तारों को घूर कर देखता है|
Word Meaning
Contrasts - show the difference अंतर बतलाना | Habitat - dwelling place प्राकृतिक रहने का स्थान | Silently - quietly खामोशी से | Stalks - move with pride गर्व से चलना | Vivid - clear, lively स्पष्ट, सजीव | Stripes - a long narrow band of the lines धारियां | Pads - cushion गद्दी | Velvet - rich Silk soft मखमली | Rage - anger गुस्सा | Lurking - Hiding छुपे रहना | Sliding - gliding फिसलना | Plump - healthy स्वास्थ्य | Snarling - sound of anger गुस्से की आवाज | Baring - uncovered नंगे | Fangs - teeth दांत | Terrorizing - causing fear भयंकर, आतंक फैलाना | Locked - put under lock ताले में बंद करना | Concrete - build from concrete रोडियो तथा ईटों से बनी | Cell - prison कोठरी | Ignoring - not paying attention to ध्यान ना देना | Patrolling - going round in the night रात्रि में चक्कर लगाना | Stares - looking intent घूरना | Conversation - protecting देखभाल करना | Growls - grumble गुर्रा ना | Roar - cry violently दहाड़ना | Spoils -ruins खराब करना | Shoot - kill मार देना | Voice - sound, Eco आवाज | discuss -To talk चर्चा करना Through - pass in the midst of मध्य में से होकर गुजर ना | Hunter - one who hunts शिकारी | Wild - uncivilized जंगली, असभ्य | Strength - power ताकत हो गया |
Poetic Device
Rhyme– abcb
Personification– Poet refers tiger as He
Oxymoron-quiet rage. (stanza 1)
Metaphor-Tiger’s paws are compared to pads of
velvet.
Alliteration-He hears (stanza 5), concrete cell (stanza
4), behind bars (stanza 4).
Stanza 1
He stalks in his vivid stripes
The few steps of his cage,
On pads of velvet quiet,
In his quiet rage.
Questions
Who is in the cage?
where is he walking?
how is he walking?
Answers
A tiger is in the cage.
he is walking in his cage.
he is walking in an angry way.
Stanza 2
He should be lurking in shadow,
Sliding through long grass
Near the water hole
Where plump deer pass.
Questions
where does the tiger lurk?
where does he wait for his hunt?
how does he walk through the grass?
Answers
The tiger lurks in shadow.
He waits for his hunt near the shadow.
He walks sliding through the grass.
Stanza 3
He should be snarling around houses
At the jungle’s edge,
Baring his white fangs, his claws,
Terrorizing the village!
Questions
Where is the snarling?
What does the tiger show to terrorize?
Whom does tiger terrorize?
Answer
He is snarling around the jungle’s edge.
He shows his white fangs and claws to terrorize.
The tiger terrorizes the village.
Stanza 4
But he’s locked in a concrete cell,
His strength behind bars,
Stalking the length of his cage,
Ignoring visitors.
Questions
Where is the tiger locked?
Where is the tiger stalking?
What does a tiger lose behind bars?
Answers
Tiger is locked in a concrete cell.
The tiger is stalking the length of his cage.
The tiger loses his strength behind bars.
Stanza 5
He hears the last voice at night,
The patrolling cars,
And stares with his brilliant eyes
At the brilliant stars.
Questions
Who hears the last voice at night?
Who is the last voice of the night?
What does a tiger look at night?
Answer
The Tiger here the last voice at the night.
The last voice of the night is of a patrolling car.
The Tiger looked at the brilliant star in the night.
Thinking about the poem
Q1. Read the poem again, and work in pairs or group to do the following task:
i. Find the words that describe the movement and action of a tiger in the cage and in the wild. arrange them in two columns.
Ans. cage wild
Stalks lurk
The few steps slid
Stalking snarling
Ignoring terrorizing
Hearing staring
ii. Find the words that describe the two places, and them into two-column.
Ans. Places in cage Places in the wild
pads of Velvet quiet Sliding through long grass
Concrete cell Water holes
bars in cages Jungle and houses
Q2. Notice the use of a word repeated in lines such as these:
i. On pads of Velvet quiet.
In his quiet rage
Ans. Hear the word quiet in the first line shows that it has not been touched. it is peaceful.
in the second line, quotes show that the tiger is angry but in an extreme sense. it expresses the intensity of action.
ii. And stairs with his brilliant Eyes
at the brilliant stars.
What do you think is the effect of This repetition.
Ans. on one side there is anger in the eyes of Tiger but on the other, it shows the brightness of stars.
this type of repetition creates and effect of intensity, impact, and image on the readers.
Q3. Read the following two poems, one about the tiger and the other about a panther. then discuss:
1. Are zoos necessary for the protection of conservation of some species of animals?
2. are useful to educate the public? is there an alternative to the zoo?
Ans. Zoos for animals
we all know the importance of freedom. in the same way animal, birds, beast, and other natural entities like to live in their natural habitats. there they are free to move and act. when any species of an animal is put behind the bars, it loses its freedom. it is freer to enjoy life. it is not at his will to proceed. all these actions and activities become controlled in a Cell or a cage, do every effort is made by the keepers to provide them request ID relief as well as the appropriate surrounding but it can never happen. for example, a tiger likes to kill his Prey itself. it doesn't not like the flash of an animal killed by others. by keeping in a cage, there is no more movement for its body that it enjoys in the jungle. it and counter the Jungle give it more fascination and interest but in captivity, all such things come to a standstill. all its freedom, actions, natural happenings are spoiled by the keepers.
It is true that their protection or keeping them in a zoo is a must. it provides handsome knowledge to the public because one cannot go in the Jungle for fear of being killed. further, we know that in a free atmosphere one attends the plum personality very soon but life in prison is nothing but a living hell.
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