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    Portrait of A Prince (Poem)

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    The document summarizes a poem titled "Portrait of a Prince" about tigers. It provides answers to questions about the poem, describing how tigers are aware of their surroundings due to their erect ears. It notes that tigers are portrayed as the sovereign rulers of their domain, despite humans' attempts to control them. The analysis suggests the title is suitable because tigers embody power and rule over the jungle like wise kings. Furthermore, the poem depicts tigers' heroic traits beyond just their frightening appearance. The document stresses that saving tigers means saving ecosystems that regulate water and the climate, upon which humans depend.

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    The document summarizes a poem titled "Portrait of a Prince" about tigers. It provides answers to questions about the poem, describing how tigers are aware of their surroundings due to their erect ears. It notes that tigers are portrayed as the sovereign rulers of their domain, despite humans' attempts to control them. The analysis suggests the title is suitable because tigers embody power and rule over the jungle like wise kings. Furthermore, the poem depicts tigers' heroic traits beyond just their frightening appearance. The document stresses that saving tigers means saving ecosystems that regulate water and the climate, upon which humans depend.

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    The document summarizes a poem titled "Portrait of a Prince" about tigers. It provides answers to questions about the poem, describing how tigers are aware of their surroundings due to their erect ears. It notes that tigers are portrayed as the sovereign rulers of their domain, despite humans' attempts to control them. The analysis suggests the title is suitable because tigers embody power and rule over the jungle like wise kings. Furthermore, the poem depicts tigers' heroic traits beyond just their frightening appearance. The document stresses that saving tigers means saving ecosystems that regulate water and the climate, upon which humans depend.

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    Portrait of A Prince (Poem)

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    The document summarizes a poem titled "Portrait of a Prince" about tigers. It provides answers to questions about the poem, describing how tigers are aware of their surroundings due to their erect ears. It notes that tigers are portrayed as the sovereign rulers of their domain, despite humans' attempts to control them. The analysis suggests the title is suitable because tigers embody power and rule over the jungle like wise kings. Furthermore, the poem depicts tigers' heroic traits beyond just their frightening appearance. The document stresses that saving tigers means saving ecosystems that regulate water and the climate, upon which humans depend.

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    Portrait of a Prince (Poem)

    I. Read the following extract and answer the questions:

    "behold the tiger's ears erect, aware of all that breathes"

    1. Name the poem and the poet?

    Ans: The name of the poem is ‘Portrait of a Prince’ and the poet’s name is Denis
    Martindale

    2. Why do tigers erect their ears?

    Ans: Tigers erect their ears to detect potential victims and dangers in the dense
    foliage around them, they should not miss an important opportunity to get food.

    3. What do you mean by ‘aware of all that breathes’ ?

    Ans: It means the tiger is aware of the presence of all other animals in the vicinity.

    II. Answer the following questions:

    1. What does the tiger have ‘control’ of? What does he know?

    Ans: The tiger has full control of his physical territory or habitat being the
    ‘sovereign’ or regal creature in his domain. The tiger is in the know of everything
    that happens in his environment.

    2. What do you think the poet means by saying, ‘despite the human race’?

    Ans: Man has often been an enemy of big cats and would like to have full control of
    such animals but, in an equal game in the forest, the tiger is always the winner.
    The tiger proves that he is resilient and is ‘king of all he surveys’.

    3. Do you think the title of the poem is suitable? Why?

    Ans: The tiger embodies all that is beautiful and powerful in the animal kingdom. It
    is a royal, regal creature and seems to rule over the jungle like a wise and just
    sovereign and so the title is apt.

    4. According to the poet where do tigers always win?

    Ans: The poet warns the readers about the tiger’s treachery and instructs them to
    flee from his handsome grin. He also reminds them that tigers always win in a race
    with humans.
    5. What deeper depiction does the poem ‘Portrait of a Prince’ gives about
    tigers?

    Ans: We are accustomed to getting frightened by tigers because of their


    appearances. It is our automatic reaction when we talk about tigers, but the poem
    entitled Portrait of the Prince by Denis Martindale has a deeper depiction of tigers.
    It describes not just the physical appearance of a tiger but also its deep
    characteristic mentally and emotionally. It highlighted the other side of a tiger not
    just its scary phase but also its heroic side.

    6. Why we must save the tiger? Explain.

    Ans: We must recognize and understand how crucial forests are, and that saving
    the tiger is about saving the ecosystem that keeps us alive. Saving tigers is not a
    luxury. We need to understand that the loss of a tiger is not just the loss of a tiger.
    It is the stripping away of yet another layer/strand of the ecosystem on which we
    depend, on which a large majority of our billions depend.

    It is about water…no less than 600 rivers and streams flow out of the tiger’s forests
    in India. The ancients understood it; in many cultures the tiger is revered as the
    Water God. The forest protects us from a warming climate neutralizing over 11 per
    cent of our annual greenhouse gas emissions. It is not about us saving the tiger; it
    is about the tiger saving us.

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