Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow :
He hears the last voice at night,
The patrolling cars,
And stares with his brilliant eyes
At the brilliant stars
(a) Name the poet and the poem.
(b) What is heard by the tiger?
(c) What does the tiger stare at?
(d) Explain : "And stares with his brilliant eyes."
Answers
Answer:
a) The name of the poet is Leslie Norris and the peom is "A Tiger in The Zoo"
b) The tiger hears the last voices at night that is the patrolling cars.
c) The tiger stares at the brilliant stars
d) The tiger has dreams of being free in its brilliant eyes. It sees the stars( that they have also been described as brilliant) with these eyes. It is thinking about how beautiful its life could be in the forest
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A Tiger in the Zoo by Georg Leslie Norris explains the suffering and helplessness for a caged tiger in a zoo. The poet describes his life if he were a free animal. The poet has attempted to explain how animals are trapped by people for their own pleasure.
Explanation:
(a) The name of the poem is A Tiger in the Zoo and the poem is written by George Leslie Norris
(b) The poet claims that the tiger hears the sounds of the patrol cars during the night. Police vehicles that are used to guard at night are called as patrol cars. All night the tiger hears the sound of the patrolling care and the noise disturbs him and the tiger is unable to sleep. Also, the tiger hears the last voice of the zookeeper locking up and leaving for home.
(c) The tiger with his shining eyes is staring at the shining stars
(d) The author tries to suggest that the tiger is sad, and that he cannot do anything because it is confined to a cage, and perhaps wondering as to why he has been confined in the cage. Thus, he looks at the stars in the night and attempts to divert his thoughts towards them
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Summary of the poem A Tiger In The Zoo.... Class 10 English reader ...
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