Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow:
He stalks in his vivid stripes
The few steps of his cage
On pads of velvet quiet
In his quiet rage
He should be lurking in shadow
Sliding through long grass
Near the water hole
Where plump deer pass
On the basis of your reading of the poem, Answer the following questions :
1. Where does the tiger described in the poem live?
2. Describe the physical feature of the tiger?
3. The word Plump means
4. The rhyming words of the first stanza is
5. Give a suitable title for the poem.
Answers
Answer:
Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Question 1.
He stalks in his vivid stripes,
The few steps of his cage,
On pads of velvet quiet,
In his quiet rage.
(a) Why the tiger could walk only a few steps?
(b) How does the tiger move in the cage?
(c) What are the two qualities of the animal under reference?
(d) Why is he in quiet rage? [CBSE 2014]
Answer:
(a) The tiger could walk only a few steps because he was locked in a very small cage.
(b) The tiger moves very slowly and quietly in a threatening way.
(c) The tiger has vivid stripes on his body and soft velvet pads.
(d) He is in quiet rage as he is locked and his freedom has been curtailed. Thus, he is unable to show his anger and ferocity.
1 Ans: The tiger lives in his cage
2 Ans: He has vivid stripes on him
3 Ans: Plump means fat
4 Ans: Cage = Rage
5 Ans: Tiger in a cage