Contrast the condition or activities of the tiger in the first and second stanza of the poem a tiger in the zoo
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Explanation:
the main theme of this poem refers to the freedom of the wild animals. we human beings have used them relentlessly for our own entertainment not thinking about the freedom of the animal which gets curtailed. the tiger in the zoo is contrasted to tiger in its natural habitat.
Here the poet says that the tiger that is confined in the zoo moves around in the cage under his bright coloured skin. He further says that the tiger can take only a few steps because the cage is small and it is not easy to move in it. One cannot hear his footsteps because he has very soft feet, like velvet because of which there is no sound of the tiger’s footsteps. The tiger tries to control his anger by quietly walking in the limited area of his cage. He is angry because he is not free
The poet says that if this tiger was free, he would have hid himself behind the long grass near the water bodies so that he could easily catch a deer in order to have it as its food. Basically, the poet wants to say that the actual life of a tiger is to live in jungle where he could catch his prey and eat it but the tiger in the cage can not do so.