Question

Poetic device of the scratching the tiger's back

Answer 1

Scratching the tiger's back is a poem has the poetic device of describing an abiding concern for the human society.

• Scratching the tiger's back is a poem written by Keki N Daruwala.
• In the peom a message is communicated by a quiet and happy tiger, which is that God always makes him as we humans are.
• Just like us, he has positive and bad stuff too. He also transmits a message that he is such a happy guy that one can scratch one's back.
• Both good and evil dwell in the tiger as in man. Man behaves according to his mood, and can't always be fine. Similarly, tiger also acts in accordance with his mood, and is sometimes violent, but sometimes harmless.