Question

Explain the purpose of oxymoron used in the poem a tiger in the zoo

Answer 1

In the story "a tiger in the zoo," the writer has

used metaphor in the third line of the stanza.

The poet says that the pads of the tiger's

feet are like velvet due to their smoothness

and softness.

The poet has also used Metonymy in the

second stanza as he used the world strength

for the tiger.