Read the poem again,and work in pairs or groups to do the following tasks.
(i) Find the words that describe the movements and actions of the tiger in the case and in the wild. Arrange them in two columns.
(ii) Find the wordsthat describe the two places, and arrange them in two columns.
Now try to share ideas about how the poet uses words and images to contrast the two situations.

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Solution

(i)

In the cage

In the wild

Stalks

Lurking in shadow

Few steps of his cage

Sliding through long grass

Quiet rage

Snarling around houses

Locked in a concrete cell

Baring his white fangs, his claws

Stalking the length of his cage

Terrorising the village

Ignoring visitors

Stares at the brilliant stars

(ii)

Cage

Wild

Few steps of his cage

Shadow

Concrete cell

Long grass

Locked

Water hole

Behind bars

Plump deer

Visitors

Houses at the jungle’s edge

Patrolling cars

Village

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In the boxes of Column I the letters of some words got jumbled. Arrange them in proper form in the boxes given in Column II.

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In the cage	In the wild
Stalks	Lurking in shadow
Few steps of his cage	Sliding through long grass
Quiet rage	Snarling around houses
Locked in a concrete cell	Baring his white fangs, his claws
Stalking the length of his cage	Terrorising the village
Ignoring visitors
Stares at the brilliant stars

Cage	Wild
Few steps of his cage	Shadow
Concrete cell	Long grass
Locked	Water hole
Behind bars	Plump deer
Visitors	Houses at the jungle’s edge
Patrolling cars	Village