This poem contrasts the life of a tiger in a zoo with its life in the wild natural habitat. In the zoo, the tiger's freedom is restricted as it is confined to a cage. It acts frustrated and depressed in captivity, ignoring visitors, while in the forest it enjoys supremacy as all other animals fear it. The poem suggests that just as humans value freedom, tigers also prefer their natural wild environment to the confined space of the zoo.

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2. ATigerintheZoo
- Leslie Norris -

3. Summary
This poem contrasts a tiger in the zoo with the tiger in its natural
habitat. The poem moves from the zoo to the jungle, and back again to
the zoo. It also provides a contrast in the mood and the environment of
a tiger when he is in the zoo and when he is in the forest. In the zoo, his
freedom is curtailed. Tiger who is born free, wishes to roams about the
forest roaring regally. It enjoys its supremacy, as all the animals are afraid
of it. It is thus wildly royal. In the zoo however, it is a trapped animal. It
is like a king in fetters, a king without a kingdom, he ignores all those
who come to the zoo to see him as entertainment. Like human beings
the tiger too loves and values his freedom. The tiger shows his anger,
hatred by walking about in rage in the cage. Human progress should not
be at the cost of destroying the natural habitats.
Here the tiger is bounded by the rules and regulations of the zoo-
keeper.
It is like a puppet-king!

4. Tiger
Tiger In Forest
Tiger In Zoo
Freedom
Curtailed
Frustrated
Physically
Inactive
Depressed
Enjoys
Freedom
Lives with
dignity &
supremac
y

5. TheBallPoem
- John Berryman -

6. The Ball Poem by John Berryman is beautifully describing a boy who has
lost his ball. He gave a lesson full of wisdom through the loss, that we
must learn to bear the pain associated with the loss. The poet assumes a
boy who is playing with a ball. Once the ball bounces out of his control
and consequently falls into the water. The boy became sad. The poet
feels that no other ball will be sufficient to lessen his sadness. Here, the
lost ball stands for the general loss of a human being.
The losses may be the loss of personal possession or the death of
someone near and dear or due to the separation from the beloved one.
As long as there is life, everyone has to bear many types of losses.
Therefore we need to learn the way for bearing those losses. This poem
successfully describes how we may feel to lose something that we love
and grow up eventually without it, as there isn’t any point in wasting our
precious time and life grieving about the loss.
Summary

7. Amanda
- Robin Klein -

8. Summary
The poem Amanda focuses on the upbringing of a teenage girl, named
Amanda. It shows us that the greatest wealth a child wants to possess is
his/her freedom and they never like constant nagging and unwanted
instructions. Poet Robin Klein makes the important point that the
children should never be deprived of their freedom. However, it is the
parents who are responsible for the proper upbringing of their child.
But that should not make the children feel imprisoned. Here her
imagination is not given sufficient space, and therefore it is making her
annoyed. This annoyance is making her desire even to be an orphan.
This continuous annoying was making her moody too much.
This poem conveys the moral that children need to be allowed more
freedom. Every child wants to enjoy the dreamy and romantic world of
his/her childhood, excessive nagging may make them disobedient and
hence they may develop a type of dislike for the real life.

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