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Karnataka State Syllabus Class 9 English Poem Chapter 4 Tiger
Tiger Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes
Comprehension:
C1. Answer the following questions:
Question 1.
What does the phrase ‘burning bright’ mean?
Answer:
The meaning of ‘burning bright’ is that the tiger is a majestic and fearsome creation of God. It creates fear in the minds and hearts of those who come across it. Therefore the poet has used this phrase.
Question 2.
What is not burning bright?
Answer:
Nowadays, the tiger is not burning bright as it is being poached for its various uses.
Question 3.
What is the ‘plight’ referred to in the poem?
Answer:
The plight referred to in the poem is the indiscriminate poaching of tigers for various uses leading to their near extinction.
Question 4.
According to the poet, what are we not able to understand?
Answer:
According to the poet, we are not able to understand why humans are so heartless that they don’t mind killing the majestic animal for their selfish ends.
Question 5.
How was the tiger in the forest, according to the poet?
Answer:
According to the poet, the tiger was not shining bright even during day or night, in the forest or in the wilderness. It was busy trying to save itself from the hands of poachers.
Question 6.
Where is Gecko hunting?
Answer:
The gecko is hunting on the wall.
Question 7.
How did the tiger rule the forest?
Answer:
The tiger mauled the forest like a king.
C2. Answer the following questions:
1. ‘Their souls were sick. Killing tigers’
Question a.
Whose souls were sick?
Answer:
The souls of people who poached tigers for their selfish ends were sick.
Question b.
Why are their souls described sick?
Answer:
Their souls are described as sick because they don’t mind killing a tiger for fulfilling their selfish needs.
Question c.
Why were the tigers killed?
Answer:
The tigers were killed for their bones and skin. The bones of the tigers were powdered for making some Chinese medicine, the skin of the tiger is used as an ornamental wall hanging.
2. ‘Once jungles trembled at his roar’.
Question a.
At whose roar did the jungles tremble?
Answer:
The jungles trembled at the roar of the tiger Sheru.
Question b.
Why do they no longer tremble?
Answer:
They no longer tremble because sheru is no longer alive to terrify them.
Question c.
Who is responsible for the tiger’s fate?
Answer:
The inhuman human beings are responsible for the tiger’s fate.
C3. Working in pairs, discuss the answers to the following questions and write them in your notebook. Answer the following questions:
Question 1.
What is the poet’s view about killing animals? Is he condemning the killers or in appreciation of them?
Answer:
The poet is highly upset about the senseless killings of tigers by humans for their selfish ends. The poet laments that tigers are no longer found in the forests and wilderness as they have almost become extinct. Tigers are being poached for their bones which are powdered and used in preparing Chinese medicine for curing sick people and their skins are used for decorating their homes.
The poet says that people are sick not physically but in the soul, to be so heartless in killing the tigers. The poet feels very depressed and disgusted with the human beings who heartlessly are destroying the majestic creation of God. He feels for the tigers, on their undignified deaths.
Question 2.
How can you protect tigers from extinction?
Answer:
We should remember that God has a purpose behind the reaction of each creature. Every, creation of God, whether big or -all, contributes towards biodiversity. However, a man in his selfishness has been killing birds and beasts as though man is the only rightful inheritor of the earth.
The situation is the same with the tigers. Tigers are endangered animals. We should protect them. Hunting of tigers should be banned. We should spread awareness to safeguard tigers. The law should be made even stricter by the government to protect wildlife. Tiger reserves should be increased.
Tiger Additional Questions and Answers
Question 1.
“Two by two and one by one” – What do you understand by this line?
Answer:
The poet wants us to realize that the numbers of tigers have dwindled so much that there is hardly any number now.
Question 2.
What has happened to Sheru?
Answer:
Sheru has been shot and skinned. Poachers have ground his bones to powder for some Chinese medicine. His skin is hanging on a wall as a
decoration. His bones are packed in cases to be shipped out.
Question 3.
What had God stamped upon his skin?
Answer:
God gave Tiger a beautiful and shiny skin having black and gold stripes.
Question 4.
How was Sheru when he was alive?
Answer:
Sheru had created so much fear in the hearts of the animals in the forests. His
Tiger Summary in English
The poet thinking of William Blake’s poem ‘Tiger Tiger burning bright’, laments that it is no longer burning bright anywhere because it is hunted for its various uses. Quoting an example of Sheru – a tiger, he says that Sheru is missing from its place and it is because it has been shot and its skin has been taken. Its bones are powdered and sold to make some Chinese medicines which will cure a sick man.
But what people don’t realize is this act of theirs shows the sickness of their souls. Sheru’s skin is dried and hung on the wall as an ornamental piece. When Sheru was alive, his roar would make the birds fly away, and the monkeys scamper away chattering. Now, geckoes move bravely on its dead skin hunting for insects.
The black and golden skin which once glittered and shone now lies dull and lifeless. The tiger king who was once feared and respected is no more. Thus through this poem, the poet wants to make us understand the cruel and inhuman way tigers are poached. The country’s ‘ national animal is almost extinct now.