A tiger in the zoo ppt

A beautiful poem on Tigers for class X.

1. Tigers forever  is a beautiful  poem  written by Ruskin Bond in which he expresses his wish that the  tigers  should live  forever  and never become extinct. ... 

2. A TIGER IN THE ZOO BY LESLIE NORRIS CLASS X

3. ABOUT THE POET The poet George Leslie Norris was versatile Welsh poet and short story writer. He is considered as most important Welsh writers of the post war period. Welsh: One who belongs to Wales a country in Great Britain known for rugged coastline mountainous national parks and distinctive Welsh language. George Leslie Norris

4. TONE OF THE POEM STYLE: The poem consists of 5 stanzas each is made up of 4 lines. The rhyme scheme is: abcb : abcb The poem has two distinct settings The first setting is of the zoo where the tiger is put in a cage. The second setting is that of the natural wild habitat of the tiger. The tone of the poet is full of regret because he believes that this is not the kind of life a tiger should be living. There is also a tone of anger that the tiger feels at being caged.

5. Zoo enclosure THEME OF THE POEM The poet Leslie Norris wants to convey that it is cruel to keep wild animals in small enclosures like zoo, away from their natural habitat. The tigers feel angry, helpless unhappy and longs to go back to their own surroundings in the forest.

6. 1 ST STANZA The poet says that the tiger that is confined in the zoo, moves around in the cage under his bright coloured skin. His feet are soft like velvet. The tiger is angry as he is away from leaps and bounds in the jungle. the tiger is personified because the poet refers him as ‘he’. He stalks in his vivid stripes The few steps of his cage On pads of velvet quiet, In his quiet rage. Meaning: Stalks: walks/follows Vivid: bright coloured Pads: soft paws of tiger Rage: anger

7. POETIC DEVCES IN IST STANZA METAPHOR: Tiger’s paws are compared with velvet. ENJAMBMENT: sentence is continuing to next line without any punctuation mark. IMAGERY: he creates the image about the tiger.(He stalks in his vivid Stripes) Consonance: use of ‘s’ sound ( stalks,his,stripes ) METAPHOR ENJAMBMENT IMAGERY CONSONANCE ASSONANCE OXYMORON

8. POETIC DEVICES ASSONANCE: use of vowel sound ‘I’ (in his vivid stripes) OXYMORON: use of adjectives opposite in meaning. (quiet rage) PERSONIFICATION: the tiger is personified ASSONANCE OXYMORON PERONIFICATION

9. 2 ND STANZA RHYME SCHEME: abcb (grass-pass) Enjambment: line continues to next line without punctuation marks.(sliding through… deer pass) Alliteration: plump pass Imagery: lurking in shadow He should be lurking in shadow, Sliding through long grass Near the water hole Where plump deer pass Explanation: the poet says that if the tiger would have been free he would have hid himself behind the long grass ,near water bodies so that he is able to catch his fat prey deer which is his actual life and not to be in the cage lifetime.

10. 3RD STANZA EXPLANATION: According to the poet if the tiger would have been free and roaming in the jungle , he would have snarled around the houses located on the outskirts of forest. He would have terrorised people with his sharp tooth and claws creating fear among the villagers. He should be Snarling around Houses At the jungle’s edge, Baring his white fangs, his claws, Terrorising the village! MEANINGS: SNARLING: warning sounds made by animals. BARING: uncovered FANGS: sharp tooth of animals.

11. POETIC DEVICES RHYME SCHEME: abcb (edge, village) Enjambment: Line continues to next line without punctuation marks. Onomatopoeia: words which denote sound(snarling) Assonance: use of vowel sound ‘ o’and ‘I’( should,around,houses ) (Baring, his, white, his) Consonance: use of consonant sound ‘s’.(his, fangs, his, claws) RHYME SCHEME ENJAMBMENT ONOMATOPOEIA ASSONANCE CONSONANCE

12. 4 TH STANZA EXPLANATION : the poet feels sorry for the animal locked in a cage. His strength is also locked behind the bars as he is not able to expose his true instincts of ferociousness. He never tries to terrorize the visitors in the zoo as he is locked and cannot attack them. But he’s locked in a concrete cell, His strength behind bars, Stalking the length of his cage, Ignoring visitors. Meaning: Locked: caged Concrete: building made of bricks and cement

13. POETIC DEVICES Rhyme Scheme: abcb , (bars-visitors) Personification: the tiger is personified as ‘he’. Assonance : use of vowel sound ‘e’’ (he, locked, concrete, cell) Consonance: use of consonant sounds ‘s’ (his, strength, bars) Alliteration: use of sound ‘b’ at the start of two words(behind bars) RHYME SCHEME PERSONIFICATION ASSONANCE CONSONANCE ALLITERATION

14. 5 TH STANZA EXPLANATION: At night, the tiger hears the sounds of patrolling cars which is not liked by the tiger, he wishes that his freedom is restored to him and feels sad at his condition. So in order to divert his thoughts, he stares at the stars in night as he is helpless. He hears his voice at night, The patrolling cars, And stares with his brilliant eyes At the brilliant stars

15. POETIC DEVICES RHYME SCHEME: abcb rhyme scheme is followed (cars-stars) ENJAMBMENT: Line three continues to line four without any punctuation mark. (and stares with his brilliant eyes at the brilliant stars) ALLITERATION: sound ‘h’ (he hears) ASSONANCE: use of ‘I’ sound (with, his, brilliant) REPETITION: the word brilliant is repeated twice. RHYME SCHEME ENJAMBMENT ALLITERATION ASSONANCE

16. LISTEN TO THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG ON TIGERS. MADE BY GAGANJIT KAUR MARWAH