Question

Read the given stanza and answer the questions that follow: (1x5=5 marks)

He stalks in his vivid stripes
The few steps of his cage
On pads of velvet quiet
In his quiet rage.

Who composed these lines? (Robert Frost/ Leslie Norris/ Robin Klein/ W.B. Yeats)
‘He’ here stands for? (poet/ gate keeper/ tiger/ poet’s servant)
The tiger’s paws are cushioned like? (cotton/ wool/ velvet/ stone)
The word ‘rage’ means? (raise/ anger/ get up/ wake up)
‘He’ and ‘his’ shows which poetic device? (metaphor/ imagery/ personification)​

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) Leslie Norris

(b) Tiger

(c) velvet

(d) anger

(e) personification

Answer 2

Answer:

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