TIGER

IN THE
ZOO…
 POET

-LESLIE NORRIS : THE MEN FROM MERTHYR TYDFIL

1. HE WAS A PRIZE WINNING WELSH POET.
2. HIS WORK HAD WON NUMEROUS AWARD INCLUDING THE
“CHOLMONDELEY POETRY PRIZE” , “AML AWARD FOR POETRY”
AND MANY MORE!!!!!
3. HE WAS BORN ON 21 MAY 1921 AND ON 6 APRIL 2006 HE LEFT US
IN THIS MELODIOUS WORLD CREATED BY HIM.
 POEM
– 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.

– He should be snarling around houses

At the jungle’s edge,
Baring his white fangs, his claws,
Terrorizing the village!

– But he’s locked in a concrete cell,

His strength behind bars,
Stalking the length of his cage,
Ignoring visitors.

– He hears the last voice at night,

The patrolling cars,
And stares with his brilliant eyes
At the brilliant stars.
CENTRAL IDEA OF POEM……..

– The poet tries to expose the miserable life laid by

the animal in the zoo. He compare the life of the
tiger in the zoo with its life at the natural
habitat. This poem wants to give the message that
the weaker been unslaved. A fierce animal is like
tiger live unhappy and live the miserable life in the
cage. The tiger is happy in its natural surrounding.
The poets show deep concern for freedom.
 MAIN POINT OF THE
POEM…..
 The poet LESLIE NORRIS contrast a tiger both in the zoo and its
natural habitat.
 The poet seen a tiger locked in a small cage , where it can hardly
move.
 Its paws are velvet , soft, and inspiring that strength is imprisent.
 Poet is filled with pity on seeing the tiger imprisent.
 Poet wishes the tiger to be in its natural habitat.
 At night he cannot sleep because of the noise of patrolling cars
moving to check safety of tigers.
 POETIC DEVICES….....

 RHYME SCHEME
-“A TIGER IN THE ZOO” FOLLOW THE RHYME SCHEME ‘ABCB’.
 REPETITION
-VELVET QUIET QUIET RAGE
-BRILLIANT EYES BRILLIANT STARS
 ALLITERATION
- HE STALKS IN HIS VIVID STRIPES
- BUT HE’S LOCKED IN A CONCRETE CELL
“WHEN A TIGER WALKS FREE
IN ITS NATURAL
HABITAT,NATURE FELLS
PROUD.SAVE THE TIGER”.

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