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Gimme the summary of the Tiger in the zoo...
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This poem tries to depict the mental condition of a caged tiger. The tiger is taking to and fro steps in the cage as if trying to while away the time. The tiger should have been in its natural habitat sliding through the long grass. It would have been trying to catch a live deer. But in the cage the tiger is so fed up that it even ignores the visitor. The last line heightens the contrast between freedom and captivity. Brilliant stars outside the cage seem to be more brilliant than those brilliant eyes behind the cage.
It seems that the tiger also understands the freedom that the star might be enjoying....
This poem contrasts a Tiger in the Zoo with a Tiger in it's nature habitat. The poem moves from the Zoo to the forest and back again to the Zoo. The poem provides a contrast in the mood and environment of a Tiger when he is in the Zoo and a Tiger in the forest. He is kept in a cemented cell behind the bars. He feels angry, frastrated and helpless. This reminds of his natural habitat, his hiding and sliding in the long grass near the water hole and bouncing upon the fat deer.
The way he terrorised the villagers, displaying his sharp teeth and claws. At night, in the Zoo he hears the sound of patrolling cars. The tiger in the Zoo appears helpless as to be a mear showpiece and source of entertainment to the people.
The poet wants to convey that it is cruel to keep wild animals in a small enclosers of the Zoo, away from their natural habitat. They feel angry, helpless and unhappy in the cage. He pays no attention to the visitors who come to watch him. In the silence of the night he stares at the brilliant stars with his bright eyes longing of the freedom that he is untitled to