A Tiger in the Zoo - Poem 3

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                A Tiger in he Zoo
                By - Leslie Norris


Introduction of Poet

 Leslie Norris born  on 21 May 1921 was a prize - Winning Welsh poet and a great story writer. Until 1974, he earned his living as a college lecture , teacher and headmaster. From 1974, he gave his full time writing with residences at academic institutions in Britain and the United  States.Norris is considered one of the most important Welsh writers of the post - war period ,and his literary  publications have won many prizes.

Theme of the Poem

 In this poem the poet shows the importance of freedom for animals.The poet shows his readers that a tiger is better suited to live  in  for east than in zoo. In this poem the poet describes how the tiger longs for its freedom.  In forest the tiger can roam freely and can hunt when it needs food.But in zoo his strength is limited.He became helpless.On the other hand,  in the zoo, its radius of movement is very small.It moves in the limited area and in nights it can't sleep because it is angry at being caged. All in all the tiger loves freedom and likes to live in forest.


Rhyme Scheme -  abcb

Poetic  Devices

Personification -   The tiger is personified here as the poet refers to the tiger as ' he' not ' it'.
Metaphor -  'On pads of velvet quiet'.

The pads of tiger are compared with velvet, since both are soft and smooth
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Alliteration - He stalks in his vivid strips.
                 Where plump deer pass.

Oxymoron - 'quiet rage'
                 
The poet uses the phrase ' quiet rage' in which the words ' quiet' and 'rage'  have contrasting meaning making it mean  'silent anger'.

Extracts

Stenza - 1
ANSWERS

Stanza - 2

ANSWERS


 EXERCISE
                        

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