A tiger in the zoo

              A tiger in the zoo

• This poem contrasts a tiger when it is in its natural habitat and when it is imprisoned in a zoo.
• On a starry night, the poet sees a tiger in a zoo.
• The tiger moves slowly up and down in his cage
• The tiger is full of rage but is quiet in his helplessness.
• The poet is moved to pity for the tiger
• The poet says that the tiger should have been in the jungle..
• But sadly the tiger is locked behind bars in a concrete cell .The tiger does not take any notice of the visitors
• The tiger is no longer free to move in his natural habitat . .