write the summary of a tiger in the zoo
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Summary of a tiger on the zoo::
The poem Tiger in The Zoo, written by Leslie Norris beautifully shows the difference between the tiger's life in it's natural habitat and his life in zoo.
The poet says the stripes on the skin of the tiger can be identified from far away. The tiger slowly moves to and fro with his soft paws along the length of cage. He can't go far as the space within the cage is small. The tiger feels a suppressed anger within but he knows he's helpless.
The poet then turns away from reality and imagines a life of the tiger in the forest. The tiger in the forest moves silently through the bushes and hides near the water body. He waits there until he hunts his food by himself.
But in reality the tiger is locked up in the cage with all his strength behind bars. He takes no interest in the visitor as he consider them devoid of any feeling.
The tiger should have been moving bear the village and making sounds. So that making them afraid of his existence and warning them not to smdestroy forest.
The poem ends in an emotional tone. The tiger stays awake till late night. The tiger hears the voice of patrolling cars of the zoo keeper.
He stares at the twinkling stars with his bright eyes, remembering his good old days in forest as if asking God why his freedom has been curtailed.
The poem begins with a description of a tiger that is very beautiful and is walking in his little cage. He has beautiful stripes on his skin and has velvet like soft paws. But the tiger is not happy and is quite angry about being confined in the cage. The poet says that if the tiger was not confined to the zoo cage, he would have been hiding himself behind the long grass near some water body, in order to catch its prey that is the deer. Also, he would have terrorised the residents of the villages around the forest area. But the reality is totally opposite to this. He was confined in a cage which was made up of strong building material and he was helpless there. He could not show his power to the visitors, therefore, never tried to terrorize them. The tiger is described as being powerless and agonized by the poet. He says that during night also he is alone, hearing the voice of the patrolling vehicles of police and looking at the stars. The cage life has totally changed the tiger’s personality. The poet is trying to say that the animal which is famous for its fearlessness and freedom is confined and sad due to the human beings who want to derive pleasure by looking at him in the zoo cage.