Lesson- 2 (Poem)
A Tiger in the Zoo
Summary of the poem:
The poem begins with a description of a tiger that is very beautiful who is walking in his little cage. He has beautiful stripes on his skin and soft pows like valvet. But the tiger is not happy and is quite angry about being confined in the cage. The poet says that if the tiger was not confined to the Zoo cage, he would have been hiding himself behind the long grass near some water body, in order to catch its prey that is the deer. Also he would have terrarised the residents of the villages around the forest area. But the reality is totally opposite to this. He was confined in a cage which was made up of strong building material and he was helpless there. He could not shaw his power to the visitors, therefore never tried to terrarize them. The tiger is described as being powerless and agonized by the poet. During the night the tiger is also alone, according to the poet. The tiger hears the voice of the patrolling vehicles of police and looking at the stars. The cage life has totally changed the tiger's personality. The poet is trying to say that the fearless animal is now confined and become sad and the people want to derive pleasure by looking at him in the zoo cage.
āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻŽূāϞāĻাā§ąঃ
āĻāĻŦিāϤাā§° āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻāĻŖিāϤে āĻŦাāĻāĻোā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°া āĻāĻে āϝি āĻĻেāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦāĻšু āϧুāύিā§া āĻā§°ু āϏāĻাāĻোā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻোāĻ āĻাāĻĸ়ি āĻāĻে। āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻ িāϤ āϧুāύিā§া āĻঁāĻ āĻāĻে āĻā§°ু āĻোāĻŽāϞ āϏ⧰ু āϏ⧰ু āĻā§°িā§° āύāĻ āĻāĻে āϤাā§°। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻŦাāĻāĻো āϏুāĻী āύাāĻিāϞ āĻŦā§°ং āϤাā§° āĻং āĻāĻ ি āĻāĻিāϞ āϏāĻাā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āϏোāĻŽাāĻ āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ āϞāĻীāϝ়া āĻšোā§ąা āĻŦাāĻŦে। āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻৈāĻে āϝāĻĻি āĻŦাāĻāĻো āĻিā§°িāϝ়াāĻাāύাā§° āϏāĻাāϤ āύাāĻĨাāĻিāϞ āĻšāϝ় āϤেāύেāĻšāϞে āĻšাāĻŦিāϤ āĻāϞাāĻļāϝ়ā§° āĻাāώāϤ āĻāĻ āĻŦāύāύিā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āϞুāĻাāĻ āĻĨাāĻিāϞে āĻšāϝ় āύিāĻā§° āĻিāĻাā§° āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨাā§ āĻšā§°িāĻŖাāĻো āϧ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ। āĻšাāĻŦি āĻাāώ⧰ীāϝ়া āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻিāύিāĻ āĻšā§āϤো āĻŦাāĻāĻোā§ে āĻā§ āĻুā§ąাāĻ āĻĨাāĻিāϞে āĻšāϝ়। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ą āĻāĻŦিāĻāύ āĻāϝ়াā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻāϞোāĻা, āĻŦাāĻāĻো āĻŽāĻāĻŦুāϤাāĻ āĻŦāύাāĻ ā§°āĻা āϏāĻাā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻ
āϏāĻšাā§ āĻাā§ąে āĻŦāύ্āĻĻী āĻšৈ āĻāĻে। āĻāϝ়াāϤ āϏি āĻাāĻো āύিāĻā§° āĻļāĻ্āϤি āĻĻেāĻুā§ąাāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে āϏেāĻāĻŦাāĻŦে āĻাāĻো āϏি āĻā§ āĻুāĻā§ąা āύাāĻ। āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻŦাāĻāĻোāĻ āĻĻুā§°্āĻŦāϞ āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻে। āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽāϤে āύিāĻļা āĻŦাāĻāĻো āĻ
āĻāϞāĻļā§°ীāϝ়াāĻৈ āĻĨাāĻে। āϏি āĻŽাāĻĨো āύিāĻļা āĻূā§°ি āĻĢুā§°া āĻĒুāϞিāĻā§° āĻাāĻĄ়ীā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻļুāύা āĻĒাāĻ āĻā§°ু āϤ⧰া āĻā§°া āĻāĻাāĻļāĻāύ āĻাāĻ āĻĨাāĻে। āĻিā§°িāϝ়াāĻাāύাā§° āϏāĻাā§° āĻিāϤ⧰⧰ āĻ
ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাāĻ āĻŦাāĻāĻোā§° āĻā§°িāϤ্ā§° āϏāϞāύি āĻā§°ি āϤুāϞিāĻে। āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻৈāĻে āϝে āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻāύ্āϤুā§ąে āĻ
াāĻি āϏঁāĻাāϤ āĻŦāύ্āĻĻী āĻšৈ āĻĻুāĻী āĻšāĻŦ āϞāĻা āĻšৈāĻে। āĻļেāώāϤ āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻৈāĻে āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻীā§ą āĻāύ্āϤুāĻ āĻŦāύ্āĻĻী āĻā§°ি āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻ
āϏāĻšাā§ āĻ
ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨা āĻাāĻ āĻāύāύ্āĻĻ āϞāĻিāĻে।
Thinking about the poem
( āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻাāĻŦা )
1) Read the poem again and work in pairs or groups to do the following tasks.
( āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻো āĻĒāĻĸ়া āĻā§°ু āĻĻāϞীāϝ় āĻাā§ąে āϤāϞ⧰ āĻ
āύুāĻļীāϞāύ āϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻā§°া)
(i) Find the words that describe the movements and action of the tiger in the cage and in the wild. Arrange them in two columns.
( āĻĒাāĻ āĻিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦাāĻি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা āϝিāĻŦোā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻ āĻŦাāĻāĻোā§° āĻোāĻ āĻাāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻে āĻšাāĻŦিāϤ āĻ
āĻĨāĻŦা āϏāĻাā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ)
(ii) Find the words that describe the two places and arrange them in two columns.
( āϤāϞ⧰ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻŦাāĻি āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻাāĻāϤ āĻŦিāĻāĻ্āϤ āĻā§°া)
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In the cage āϏঁāĻাā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ
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In
the wild āĻšাāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ
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Stalks, quiet rage,
ignoring visitors, hears the sound of patrolling cars, stares at star
āĻূā§°ি āĻĢূā§°া, āĻāĻাāϞ, āĻĻā§°্āĻļāύাā§°্āĻĨীā§° āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāĻ
āĻāĻāĻাāĻŖ āĻā§°া, āĻĒুāϞিāĻā§° āĻাāĻĄ়ীā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻļুāύা, āϤ⧰াāĻā§°া āĻāĻাāĻļ āĻোā§ąা
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Lurking in shadow,
sliding through the long grass, snarling around houses, baring his white
fangs, terrorize the village
āĻŦāύāύিāϤ āϞুāĻাāĻ āĻĨāĻা, āĻā§°ā§° āĻাā§°িāĻāĻাāώে
āĻূā§°িāĻĢুā§°া, āĻাঁāĻ āĻŦাāϏীāĻ āĻā§ āĻুāĻā§ąা
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CAGE
āϏāĻা
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WILD
āĻŦāύ⧰ীā§া
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Few steps of his cage
Locked in concrete cell
His strength behind bars
Terrorising the village
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Shadow, long grass
Snarling around houses
Baring his white fangs his clows
Ignoring village
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āϏāĻা
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āĻŦāύ⧰ীā§া
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āϏঁāĻাā§°
āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻŦāύ্āĻĻী
āϤাā§°
āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻাā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻŦāύ্āĻĻী
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āĻাঁ,
āĻā§°ā§° āĻাā§°িāĻāĻĢাঁāϞে āĻূā§°ি āĻĢুā§°া
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2. Notice the use of a word repeated in line such as these:
(āĻĒুāύ⧰াāĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšৃāϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ āĻā§°া)
i) On pods of velvet quiet. In his quiet rage.
ii) And stares with his brilliant eyes at the brilliant stars.
What do you think is the effect of this repetition?
( āĻāĻ্āϤ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāϤ āĻĒুāύ⧰াāĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšৃāϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āϤাā§āĻĒā§°্āϝ āĻি?)
Ans:- The poet has repeated the words to give a nice impact to his poem. Like the use of quiet with velvet pads describes that the tiger has to walk in the limited area of his cage. He can not run as he would have done it on the forest. Whereas quiet rage shows the hidden anger inside him which has grause stronger because of his confinement in the cage. The next word he used is `brilliant'. The word `brilliant' in the first line means the twinkling bright stars and the brilliant words used for the tiger's eyes shows the sadness of the tiger who would have led a free and fearless life if it were in the jungle.
āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻŦাā§°ে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻĒ্ā§°ā§োāĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝাāϤে āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻĻিāĻļ āĻাāϞāĻĻā§°ে āĻĢুāĻি āĻāĻ ে। āĻোā§ąাāĻāĻ āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨাā§ āύিā§°ā§ąāϤা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোā§ąে āĻŦাāĻāĻোā§° āϏীāĻŽিāϤ āĻ্āώāĻŽāϤাā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻŦুāĻাāĻāĻে āϝে āĻŦাāĻāĻোā§ąে āĻŽাāĻĨো āϏāĻাāĻোā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤে āĻোāĻ āĻাāĻĸ়ি āĻāĻিāϞ। āϏি āĻšাāĻŦিāϤ āĻĨāĻাā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻĻৌā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āύাāĻিāϞ। āϏেāĻāĻĻā§°ে āύীā§°ā§ą āĻāĻāĻোā§ąে āĻŦাāĻāĻোā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āϞুāĻাāĻ āĻĨāĻা āϤীāĻŦ্ā§° āĻāĻāĻ āĻĻā§°্āĻļাāĻāĻে। āĻ িāĻ āϤেāύেāĻĻā§°ে `āĻিāĻāĻŽিāĻ' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোā§ąে āϤিā§°āĻŦিā§°াāĻ āĻĨāĻা āϤ⧰া āĻā§°ু āĻŦাāĻāĻোā§° āĻāĻ্āĻŦāϞ āĻāĻুāϝোā§°িāĻ āĻŦুāĻাāĻāĻে।
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