Question

He stalks in his vivid stripes
The few steps of his cage
On pads of velvet quiet,
In his quiet rage.
(a) What are the two qualities of the animal under reference ?
(b)Why does he move only a few steps ?
(c)Pick out the word from the stanza that means the same as 'clear'.
(d)Who has written the above lines ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) The animal is full anger.

His pads are as soft as velvets.

(b) Because the animal is in cage.

(c) vivid.

(d) Leslie Norris.

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Answer 2

Answer:

(a)The two qualities of the animal are : He has vivid ( distinct, various, clear) stripes and velvet (no sound while he moves with his soft padded feet) pads.

(b)He moves only a few steps because he is locked in a concrete cell's (zoo's) small cage.

(c)Vivid means the same as clear.

(d)It is an extract from the poem- A Tiger in the Zoo by poet Leslie Norris.

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