Question

A TIGER IN THE ZOO
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Extract Based Questions
Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow
He should be lurking in shadow,
Sliding through long grass
Near the water hole
Where plump deer pass.
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ta How should the tiger walk through the grass? Soins
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KWhy should the tiger lurk in the shadow
Who passes near the water hole?
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Where should the tiger hide to himself? behind
Tey Which are the rhyming words in this stanza) govs rous
2 He should be snarling around houses
At the jungle's edge.
Baring his white fangs, his claws,
Terrorising the village!
la What should he be doing near the houses?
Where are these houses situated?
How would he terrorise the villagers?
Who does 'he refer to in this stanza?
le) Which are the rhyming words in this stanza?
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Answer 1

‘ATiger in the Zoo’ is a lovely poem by Leslie Norris.I’ltis poem contrasts a tiger in the zoo to the tiger I its natural habitat. The poem moves from the zoo to the jungle, and back again to the zoo. In his natural surrounding, the tiger is happy and joyful. But in a cage, he is full of rage and trouble. The poem shows the great importance of freedom.

(‘A Tiger in the Zoo’ लैसलिनोरिस द्वारा रचित एक प्यारी कविता है ।यह कविता एक चिड़िया घर में पाए जाने वाले बाघ की अपने प्राकृतिक आवास में रहने वाले बाघ से तुलना करती है।कविता चिड़ियाघर से जंगल और फिर वापस चिड़ियाघर तक का विचरण करती है अपने प्राकृतिक आवास में बाघ प्रसन्न और आनंदित है , लेकिन पिंजरे में वह क्रोध तथा उदासी में है।कविता स्वतंत्रता के महान महत्व का वर्णन करती है।)

Summary in English- A Tiger in the Zoo

DETAILED SUMMARY

In this poem, Leslie Norris has given an appropriate description of a tiger. This poem contrasts a tiger in the zoo in his cage with the tiger in its natural habitat. The poem moves from the zoo to the jungle, and back again to the jungle. The poet sees a tiger full of rage but quiet, moving in his cage in a starry night. The poet feels that the tiger should have been moving freely in the forest and hunting at his will. But now he is locked in a concrete cell behind the bars. At night he watches stars with his brilliant eyes and longs for freedom.