Berachah Babu A was a Welsh writer and poet born in 1921 who received several honors for his poetry. This poem describes a tiger kept in a zoo, contrasting its natural instincts and habitat in the jungle with its confined existence in a concrete cage. The tiger stalks its small cage with quiet rage, ignoring visitors, when it should be lurking in the jungle to catch deer. At night it hears patrolling cars before staring at the stars with brilliant eyes.

1. Presented by
Berachah Babu A

2. Born :21 May 1921
Died : 6 April 2006
Parents : George, Mary Jane Norris
Profession : Writer, Poet, Technician
Nationality : Welsh
Works : Finding Gold , Sliding ,
Holy Places
Awards : Cholmondeley Poetry
honorary, AML Award for poetry , He is also
an doctor of Letter
Leslie Norris

3. 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
A Tiger in the Zoo

4. The tiger walks with bright coloured lines on its
body. It walks a few steps because it is in the
cage. It’s paws(foot) is soft like a velvet. It is
walking silently keeping anger in it.
Tiger’s
Paw

5. He should be lurking in shadow,
Sliding through long grass
Near the water hole
Where plump deer pass.
Word meanings
Lurking: To be hidden as to wait for your prey
Plump : big , rounded shape.

6. The tiger is hiding under the shadow . It is
moving through the long grass , and it is waiting
near the water or river ,to catch the
big deer.

7. 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

8. The tiger is roaming around the houses, and the
border of the forest. It comes to the village
border. It is threatening the villagers by wide
opening its mouth and showing its sharp teeth.

9. But he’s locked in a concrete cell,
His strength behind bars,
Stalking the length of his cage,
Ignoring visitors.
Word meanings
Concrete: building made of bricks, cement, sand and
water
Ignoring: refuse

10. The tiger is locked in the cement room or cage.
All the power of tiger is hidden in the cage. It is
moving around the cage, refusing the people who
come to see the it.

11. 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

12. At night before its sleep the tiger hears the sound
of the patrolling car. The tiger looks at the stares
with its brilliant eyes and goes to sleep.