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Topic for Discussion

Freedom to be your self is among the most valuable freedoms I know.
Reflect and Answer
a. What would the world be like if children were in charge?
b. How would you change the world?
Draw or write your first thoughts of freedom.

Sample
Freedom is to free oneself and free others.
Here the poet says that the tiger that is confined in the
zoo moves around in the cage under his bright coloured
skin. He further says that the tiger can take only a few
steps because the cage is small and it is not easy to move
in it. One cannot hear his footsteps because he has very
soft feet, like velvet because of which there is no sound of
the tiger’s footsteps. The tiger tries to control his anger
by quietly walking in the limited area of his cage. He is
angry because he is not free.
A Tiger in the Zoo Poem Introduction
The poem written by Leslie Norris explains the agony and

helplessness of a caged tiger that lives in a zoo. The poet explains
what his life could be if he had been a free animal. The poet has
tried to explain about the condition of animals that are caged by
human beings for their own fun.
George Leslie Norris (1921-2006) was a prize winning Welsh poet
and short story writer. He is considered as most important Welsh
writers of the post war period and his literary works have won many
prizes. His famous works are Finding Gold, The loud winder, phoenix
living poet’s series: Ransoms, etc.
A Tiger in the Zoo Poem and Explanation
He stalks in his vivid stripes
The few steps of his cage,
On pads of velvet quiet,
In his quiet rage.
Word meanings
Stalks: follows
Vivid: bright colored
Pads: paws of tiger
Rage: anger
Literary devices
Rhyme scheme: abcb (cage-rage)
Personification: The tiger is personified because the poet refers him
as ‘he’.
Metaphor: Tiger’s paws are compared with velvet (pads of velvet)
Enjambment: Sentence is continuing to next line without any
punctuation mark.
Imagery: poet tries to create an image about the tiger (He stalks in
his vivid stripes The few steps of his cage)
Consonance: use of ‘s’ sound (stalks, his, stripes)
Assonance: use of vowel sound ‘I’ (in his vivid stripes)
Oxymoron: use of adjectives opposite in meaning (quiet rage)
He should be lurking in shadow,

Sliding through long grass
Near the water hole
Where plump deer pass.
Lurking: To be hidden as to wait for your prey

The poet says that if this tiger was free, he would have
hidden himself behind the long grass near the water
bodies so that he could easily catch a deer in order to have
it as its food. Basically, the poet wants to say that the
actual life of a tiger is to live in jungle where he could
catch his prey and eat it but the tiger in the cage can not
do so.
Literary devices
•Rhyme: rhyme scheme is abcb (grass-pass)
•Enjambment: Line continues to next line without punctuation
marks. (Sliding through….deer pass)
•Alliteration: use of sound ‘p’ at the start of two words (plump
pass)
•Imagery: The poet has tries to create an image of tiger’s
activities (lurking in shadow).
The poet says that if the tiger would have been free, he would
have snarled around the houses located at the outskirts of the
forest. He would terrorise people with his sharp tooth and claws.
This would create fear among the people living in the villages.

Literary devices
•Rhyme Scheme: abcb rhyme scheme is followed (edge, village)
•Enjambment: Line continues to next line without punctuation
marks (He should be snarling around houses At the jungle’s edge,)
•Onomatopoeia: using 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)
He should be snarling around houses
At the jungle’s edge,
Baring his white fangs, his claws,
Terrorising the village!
Word meanings
Snarling: warning sounds made by animals

Baring: uncovered
Fangs: Sharp tooth of animals
But he’s locked in a concrete cell,
His strength behind bars,
Stalking the length of his cage,
Ignoring visitors.
Concrete: building made of bricks, cement, sand and water
Now the poet comes to the reality of the tiger that is inside the
cage. He says that the tiger is confined in a strong cell which is
made of strong building material. He further says that as the tiger
is behind bars, so his ferociousness is also behind the bars. He just
stalks in the cage. He never tries to terrorise the visitors because
his power is restricted by the cage. Therefore, he never tries to
terrorise the visitors as he cannot attack them.
Literary devices
•Rhyme Scheme: abcb rhyme scheme is followed (bars-visitors)
•Personification: The tiger is personified because the poet refers
him as ‘he’.
•Assonance: use of vowel sound ‘e’ (he, locked, concrete, cell)
•Consonance: use of consonant sound ‘s’ (his, strength, bars)
•Alliteration: use of sound ‘b’ at the start of two words (behind
bars)
He hears the last voice at night,

The patrolling cars,
And stares with his brilliant eyes
At the brilliant stars.
Word meanings
Patrolling: to guard, to vigil

The poet says that in the night, the tiger hears the sounds of the
patrolling cars. Patrolling cars are the vehicles of police which
are used to guard at night. So, in the night the tiger hears the
sounds of these cars. He then stares at the shining stars with his
shining eyes. The poet wants to say that the tiger is sad and as
he is confined in the cage, so, he cannot do anything. Therefore,
he stares at the stars in the night and tries to divert his thoughts
towards them.
Literary 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: use of sound ‘h’ in the starting of two words (he
hears)
•Assonance: use of ‘I’ sound (with, his, brilliant)
Tone of the Poem A Tiger in the Zoo:
When the poet describes the setting of the zoo,

his tone is one of regret because he believes that this is
not the kind of life that a tiger should be living. However,
there is also a tone of suppressed anger, of the same kind
that the tiger feels at being caged.
Values
• Students are sensitized towards animals.
•Show compassion towards animals.
•Respect environment.
Activity
Debate
Topic – Are Zoos Important?
The children are divided into two groups one for and one
against the topic. They are asked to come prepared. Teacher
calls out one child from each group using ice cream sticks.
Each pair is given two minutes to put forth their point. After
all the pairs get a chance then teacher announces a rebuttal
round which goes on for 10 minutes. Finally teacher
announces the winner.
Write a Short Story (creativity)
Title – Pathetic Pandemic
Theme – confinement at homes
Main Steps
•Know your character.
•Outline your short story.
•Start with something out of the ordinary.
•Get your draft done as soon as possible.
•Edit your short story.
•Title your short story.
Individual Activity (Subject Enrichment)
Conversation between man and animal
Children learn to make paper puppets and use them
while delivering the dialogues playing dual roles. Each
child is given 2 minutes.
Interpret any one visual and speak in pairs.
Listen to the peer talk and
evaluate on 5 point scale.
Give positive remarks and add

suggestions for improvisation.
write all the
movement
words given in
the table in
present
continuous
form and
search for
their
meanings in
dictionary.
EXIT CARD
Freedom means you will have to be responsible for every
act and for every breath. Write 3 to 4 lines citing
examples.

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Topic for Discussion

Draw or write your first thoughts of freedom.

The poem written by Leslie Norris explains the agony and

He should be lurking in shadow,

Lurking: To be hidden as to wait for your prey

Snarling: warning sounds made by animals

Concrete: building made of bricks, cement, sand and water

He hears the last voice at night,

Patrolling: to guard, to vigil

When the poet describes the setting of the zoo,

Give positive remarks and add

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