Question

‘He stalks in his vivid stripes

The few steps of his cage,

On pads of velvet quiet,

In his quiet rage.’

a)Who is ‘he’ in the above lines?

b)What is the poet trying to convey through the phrase ‘the few steps’?

c)Explain ‘the pads of velvet quiet’.

d)Identify the figures of speech used in the above lines.

e)Find a word from the passage that means the same as :

i)anger ii) distinct​

Answer 1

Answers

(a)  ‘He’ in the given lines refers to 'tiger'.

(b) As, the tiger was kept in such a small cage, the tiger could only take a few steps.

(c) The term 'velvet quiet' alludes to the tiger's silent and unheard footsteps as he moves about his cage.

(d)  The figure of speech here is Personification.

When you give an object or animal human behaviors, this is known as personification.

(e) (i) rage   (ii) vivid

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Answer 2

why the tiger could walk only a few steps