My mother saw a dancing bear
By the schoolyard, a day in June.
The keeper stood with chain and bar
And whistle-pipe, and played a tune.
And bruin lifted up its head
And lifted up its dusty feet,
And all the children laughed to see
It caper in the summer heat.
They watched as for the Queen it died.
They watched it march. They watched it halt.
They heard the keeper as he cried,
‘Now, roly-poly﹗’ ‘Somersault﹗’
And then, my mother said, there came
The keeper with a begging-cup,
The bear with burning coat of fur,
Shaming the laughter to a stop.
They paid a penny for the dance,
But what they saw was not the show;
Only, in bruin’s aching eyes,
Far-distant forests, and the snow.
Can someone please help me to summarise this by stanzas?
Answers
Answer:The Bear
This is the story of a bear and its keeper.
The keeper makes a living by making the bear dance and march in front of children near schools and bazaars.
Even while the bear entertains, makes people laugh, it is really crying inside.
It is thinking of its LOST WORLD – forests and mountains where it used to play with its friends, mother and other animals.
Poet’s Mother Sees the Bear
The poet’s mother was a student when saw the dancing bear by the school yard.
The keeper of the bear made it dance. He made the bear dance by playing a tune on his whistle-pipe.
Bruin’s feet were dusty because it was dancing in the school’s yard. The weather being very hot, the yard was dusty.
Children laughed at the bruin because it leaped and played in a playful way.
Answer:
why did the keeper carry a whistle pipe and a bar?