A TIGER IN THE ZOO

A tiger in the zoo George Leslie Norris

Agony-great pain and suffering
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(a)What are the two qualities
of the animal under
reference ?
(b)Why does he move only a
few steps ?
(c)Pick out the word from the
stanza that means the same
as ‘clear’.
(d)Who has written the above
lines ?
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(a) He should be lurking

in shadow to
(b) He should be sliding
through long grass, but
actually he is
(c) He is
(d) Which word refers to
‘fat’ ?
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(a) Who is ‘he’ in the above

extract ?
(b) ‘White fangs’ shows the
…….. of the animal.
(c) Trace a word from the
extract that means “showing the
teeth and making fearful
sound”.
(d) Where is the tiger snarling ?
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(a) What does the poet try

to suggest through these
lines?
(b) How does the tiger
scare the people?
(c) Why does ‘he’ snarl?
(d) How does ‘he’ show
his presence?
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(a) Who is ‘he’ in the
poem ?
(b) Why is he ignoring
visitors ?
(c) Here ‘stalking’
means ______.
(d) Where is the tiger
locked ?
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(a) What does the phrase ??

‘his strength behind the

bar’ suggests?
(b) Why does the tiger
ignore the visitors?
(c) What is the tiger doing
in the cage?
(d) What does the
expression ‘stalking the
length of the cage’ imply?
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Contrast:With his brilliant eyes

At the brilliant stars-Metaphor
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(a) ‘He’ in the above stanza

is _______.
(b) The last voice that he
hears is that of ____.
(c) The tiger stares at stars
because he is _______.
(d) Which word means the
same as ‘sparkling’ ?
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(a) What kind of voices
does the tiger hear?
(b) Where does the tiger
look at in the night?
(c) What do you mean by
‘patrolling’?
(d) What is the effect of the
repeated use of the word
‘brilliant’?
Poetic
Devices
 Stanza-1 Evaluation
1. What emotion does he
show?
2. What does ‘pads of
velvet’ mean?
3. Identify the figures of
speech. Velvet Quiet
4. Give the rhyme scheme
& rhyming words.
 Short Answer Questions- 30 to 40 words/ 40 to
60 words

1. How does a tiger create terror for the villagers?

Evaluation
2. Leslie Norris has described some of the activities of a tiger
behind the bars of its cage. Write them.
3. Describe the tiger in the cage.
4. Describe the tiger in the wild.
5. Why does the tiger express his rage quietly?
6. Where should the tiger have been according to the poet?
7. How does the tiger make his presence felt in the village?
8. What does the tiger do in his cage?
9. Why should the tiger snarl around houses at the edge of the
forest?’
10. What is the tiger doing? Why is he ignoring the visitors?
11. Why do you think the tiger looks at the stars?
 Long Answer Questions- 120 to 150 words

Evaluation

1. Love for freedom is the natural instinct of

every living being. Comment.
2. Is it right to confine wild animals into
cages? Why or why not?