A Tiger in the zoo
Leslie Norris
About the Author:
Leslie Norris was born on 21st May 1921. He was a poet and short-story writer. At first, he was working as a lecturer and headmaster. Later he joined in full-time writing academically in Britain. He died on 6th April 2006.
Background of the poem :
Zoo atmosphere - A Tiger in the zoo
Theme :
This poem shows the sufferings of the animal in the zoo. We people easily go there and watch the caged animals. And we make fun of it. Just imagine, if we are caged in a forest and all the animals will outside and teasing us means how we will be?
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Summary:
He stalks in his vivid stripes
The few steps of his cage
On pads of velvet quiet
In his quiet rage.
Meanings:
Stalks - follows
Vivid- bright
Stripes - outfit
Pads - paws of tiger
Velvet - soft
Quiet - no noise
Rage - anger
The poet comes to the zoo and seeing the animals which are inside the cage. And he describes in the poem how the tiger will be inside the cage. Here "He" represents the tiger. The tiger is walking slowly in the cage. His skin colour is so bright and takes a few steps in the cage. Because the cage is too small compared to his forest. He places his paws without making any noise. His paws are so soft so the poet compared his paws to the velvet. Even though his paws are so soft, he has more angry towards the humans because of them, he is in this condition.
