Substance of the tiger in the zoo
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A free tiger moves silently under the grass and waits for the hefty deer which passes by the river.
A free tiger roars at jungle borders. Its roaring could be heard by various houses.
The tiger has very sharp claws that could scare many.
A caged tiger can never enjoy its natural habitat and it looses all its strength wen it is caged.
Also it ignores the passing visitors as it has lost its naturality wen it has stayed away from its natural habitat.
Answer:
The poet of this poem is Leslie Norris. The poem is about a tiger that is very beautiful and is walking in his little cage. He is having beautiful stripes on his skin and has velvet-like soft paws. But he is not happy and is quite angry in the cage. The poet says that the tiger may try to hide behind the long grass, but here he is not able to do so. Actually nothing is happening naturally. He is in a strong cage and so he is helpless. He cannot show his power to the visitors. Poet is describing the tiger as being powerless and agonized. Cage life has totally changed his personality.
Thus the intention of the poet is to say that the animal, famous for its fearlessness and freedom is confined and sad only due to human beings.