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The document discusses various literary devices used in poems about wild animals, including alliteration, rhyme scheme, humor, imagery, personification, hyperbole, inversion, repetition, parody, and symbolism. It highlights how these techniques create vivid descriptions and convey themes of danger and captivity. The analysis emphasizes the contrast between the wild nature of animals and their confinement in zoos.

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The document discusses various literary devices used in poems about wild animals, including alliteration, rhyme scheme, humor, imagery, personification, hyperbole, inversion, repetition, parody, and symbolism. It highlights how these techniques create vivid descriptions and convey themes of danger and captivity. The analysis emphasizes the contrast between the wild nature of animals and their confinement in zoos.

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How to Tell wild Animals

Alliteration

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

“grinning and great”

“novel ways”

“noble wild beasts”

2️⃣ Rhyme Scheme

The poem follows a consistent rhyme scheme: AABB in most stanzas.

For example:

If ever you should go by chance (A)

To jungles in the east; (A)

And if there should to you advance (B)

A large and tawny beast, (B)

3️⃣ Humour / Irony

The entire poem is written humorously, giving funny suggestions on how to


identify wild animals — often in situations where the observer is already in
danger.

Example: “If he roars at you as you're dying, you'll know it is the Asian
Lion.”-

4️⃣ Imagery

Vivid description that appeals to the senses, helping readers imagine the
animals:

“large and tawny beast” (Lion)

“his hide is covered with spots” (Leopard)

5️⃣ Personification

Giving human qualities to animals:

“The noble wild beasts howl and growl” (calling the beasts “noble”)

6️⃣ Hyperbole (Exaggeration)


Deliberate exaggeration for comic effect:

“He will only just give you one look, And he will eat you.”

“If he roars at you as you’re dying

7️⃣ Inversion (Anastrophe)

Changing the usual order of words for poetic effect:

“Though to distinguish beasts of prey” (instead of “Though it is to distinguish


beasts of prey”)

8️⃣ Repetition

Certain words and structures are repeated to create rhythm and emphasis:

“If...” is repeatedly used at the start of many lines.

9️⃣ Parody / Satire

The poem mocks the typical style of scientific classification, making fun of
serious nature guides by offering absurd ways to identify dangerous animals.

-A tiger in the zoo

--Personification

The tiger is given human-like qualities.

“He stalks in his vivid stripes” — stalking is a human action.

“He should be lurking in shadow” — the tiger is imagined to know where it


belongs.

2️⃣ Imagery

The poet creates strong visual images to help readers picture the scene.

“Bright topaz den” — helps us imagine the bright yellow habitat.

“Stalking the length of his cage” — we see the tiger pacing back and forth.

3️⃣ Alliteration

Repetition of consonant sounds.

“Stalks in his vivid stripes” (repetition of 's')

“Sliding through long grass” (repetition of 's')

“Plump deer pass” (repetition of 'p')


4️⃣ Metaphor

Implied comparison.

“Vivid stripes” — metaphorically describes the tiger's beautiful and bright


appearance

5️⃣ Contrast / Juxtaposition

The poet contrasts the tiger’s life in the cage and its natural habitat.

Zoo life: “Locked in a concrete cell”

Natural life: “Lurking in shadow, sliding through long grass”

6️⃣ Enjambment

The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line.

Example:

“But he’s locked in a concrete cell,

His strength behind bars.”

7️⃣ Symbolism

The tiger represents all wild animals deprived of freedom.

The cage symbolizes oppression and captivity.

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