Aunt Jennifer's Tigers Solution | Question answers |CBSE/ NCERT |12th Class | Flamingo Poem
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Stanza 1
Aunt Jennifer's tigers prance across a screen,Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.
Questions:
1. Name the poem and the poet.
1. Name the poem and the poet.
2. Where are the tigers ? What are they doing?
3. What do Aunt Jennifer's tigers do?
4. How do the tigers look?
5. What are the tigers not afraid of?
6. In what sense can we say that these tigers are fearless ?
7. How do the tigers pace ?
8. Explain : 'sleek chivalric certainty'.
Answers
1. The name of the poem is Aunt Jennifer's Tigers. The name of the poet is Adrienne Rich.
1. The name of the poem is Aunt Jennifer's Tigers. The name of the poet is Adrienne Rich.
2. The tigers have been embroidered on a screen. They are prancing across the screen.
3. Tigers prance across the screen.
4. Tigers look fearless and brave .
5. They are not afraid of the men under the tree.
6. Because they show no fear of the men standing beneath the tree.
7. Tigers pace in a dignified manner.
8. The tigers were prancing fearlessly. They looked very brave, courageous and elegant. It was a sleek, chivalric certainty about their behaviour.
Stanza 2
Aunt Jennifer's fingers fluttering through her woolFind even the ivory needle hard to pull.
The massive weight of Uncle's wedding band
Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer's hand.
Questions:
1. Name the poem and the poet.
2. Why do you think Aunt Jennifer's hands are fluttering through her wool?
3. Why is she finding the needle so hard to pull ?
4. Explain : 'wedding band'.
Answers
1. The name of the poem is 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers'. The name of the poet is 'Adrienne Rich'.
2. Aunt Jennifer's is very old and weak. Her hands are trembling and finding it hard to pull the ivory needle. That is why they are fluttering through her wool.
3. Aunt Jennifer seems to have grown very old and weak. Her hands are trembling. That is
why she is finding the needle so hard to pull.
why she is finding the needle so hard to pull.
4. Aunt Jennifer's marriage was just like a heavy band put on her. After her marriage, she had
no liberty or will of her own. Wedding band here does not refer to the musical band, but
the band of a slavish life.
Some other Questions
1. Name the poem and the poet.
2. What is Aunt Jennifer doing?
Or
. What are Jennifer's fingers doing?
3. What does she find hard and why?
Or
. What does she find hard?
Or
. What does she find hard?
4. Explain : massive weight of uncle's wedding band'.
Or
. What sits heavy on Aunt Jennifer hand?
5 . What kind of a person do you think uncle is ?
Answers
1. The name of the poem is 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers'. The name of the poet is 'Adrienne Rich'.
2. Aunt Jennifer is embroidering tigers on the panel.
Her fingers are fluttering through her wool.
Her fingers are fluttering through her wool.
3. She finds it hard to pull even the ivory needle through the wool.
4. Uncle's wedding means that she has no liberty to do anything. She acts so that she can make uncle happy.
uncle's wedding band sits heavily on Aunt Jennifer's hand.
uncle's wedding band sits heavily on Aunt Jennifer's hand.
5. Uncle seems to be a very cruel and dominating person.
Stanza 3
When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie deadStill ringed with ordeals she was mastered by.
The tigers in the panel that she made
Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid.
Questions :
1. Name the poem. Who has written this poem?
2. Why are Aunt's hands terrified ?
3. What do the tigers represent?
4. What will happen to her tigers after her death ?
5. What was Aunt mastered by ?
6. What will her terrified hands be ringed with?
7. What will the tigers do ?
8. How do the tigers look?
Answers
1. The name of the poem is 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers' written by Adrienne Rich.
2. Aunt's hands are terrified because of the hard and heavy chores she has been performing
in her life. She fears she might have to do the same ones even after her death.
3. The tigers represent the creative energy of woman. They are the symbol of man. Man is also produced by woman.
4. After her death, tigers will go on prancing proud and unafraid.
5. She was mastered by her ordeals or daily activities.
6. They will be ringed with ordeals.
7. They will go on prancing unafraid.
8. They look proud and unafraid.
Some other Questions based on the poem
Q 1. How do 'denizens' and 'chivalry' add to our understanding of the tigers' nature?
Ans : Tigers are the denizens of a world of green. They love to live in their natural habitat which is the deep forest. They are brave and warlike. They are not afraid of human being.
Q. 2 Why do you think Aunt Jennifer's hands are 'fluttering through her wool in the
second stanza ? Why is she finding the needle so hard to pull ?
second stanza ? Why is she finding the needle so hard to pull ?
Ans. :
Aunt Jennifer seems to have grown very old and weak. That is why her hands are fluttering through her wool. She is finding it hard to pull the needle because her weak hands are trembling. Besides her husband is very dominating . So she has a huge pressure to keep him happy with her acts. So her hands may be trembling in fear of her husband .
Q3. What is suggested by the image 'massive weight of Uncles wedding band'?
Ans. : Aunt Jennifer's marriage was just like a heavy band put on her. With her marriage she lost all of her former freedom. Now she was tied to the daily chores of Uncle's home. She had no liberty or will of her own. She is busy keeping her home right with her duties.
Q4. : Of what or whom is Aunt Jennifer terrified in the third stanza?
Ans.
Aunt Jennifer is terrified of the hard chores she has been performing so far in her
life. She is afraid that she will have to do the same ones even after her death. Her hand will be engaged with the same work even after her death. It seems a life long chores which will not left her after her death.
Q.5. : What are the ordeals Aunt Jennifer is surrounded by ? Why is it significant that the poet uses the word 'ringed' ?
Ans : Aunt Jennifer's ordeals are the ordeals of keeping her husband happy. She can do
nothing against the wishes of her husband. The word 'ringed' conveys the idea that Aunt Jennifer can never get out of her slavish routines. Her husband has dominated her so much that she has lost her identity.
Q. 6 : Why do you think Aunt Jennifer created animals that are so different from her own nature?
Ans:
It might be suggested that aunt Jennifer has created her husband's nature in the form of tigers. Her husband has dominated her to the extent that she has lost her own identity. It also suggest that woman has created or given birth to man . But this very man does undignified acts against her when he is grown up.
Ans:
It might be suggested that aunt Jennifer has created her husband's nature in the form of tigers. Her husband has dominated her to the extent that she has lost her own identity. It also suggest that woman has created or given birth to man . But this very man does undignified acts against her when he is grown up.
Q.7: Interpret the symbols found in this poem.
Ans. The two main symbols used in the poem are the tigers and the screen. Tigers are the creative energy of woman. The screen represents the range on which
energy works. Thus tigers are symbol of men produced by woman. The screen is a symbol of the woman's life on which men prance about.
Q.8. Do you sympathise with Aunt Jennifer? What is the attitude of the speaker to Aunt Jennifer?
Ans. Aunt Jennifer wins all our sympathy. She works tirelessly to create her art as tigers.
Tigers prance across the screen fearlessly. The speaker feels great sympathy for Jennifer. She says that while Aunt Jennifer will be lying dead in her grave, tigers
will still go on prancing proud and unafraid.
Tigers prance across the screen fearlessly. The speaker feels great sympathy for Jennifer. She says that while Aunt Jennifer will be lying dead in her grave, tigers
will still go on prancing proud and unafraid.
Q .9. How have Aunt Jennifer's tigers been defined?
Ans. Aunt Jennifer's tigers are of bright yellow colour. They are denizens of a green forest. They have no fear of the men under the tree. They are prancing on the screen proudly and fearlessly.
Q. 10. How is Aunt Jennifer doing her work with the wool ?
Ans. Aunt Jennifer's fingers are fluttering through the wool, She finds it hard to pull ivory needle out of the wool. The massive weight of Uncles hold sits heavy
Now she has become to old and weak to move her hand even . She is making tigers with embroidery on a panel. It might be her hobby to do embroidery.
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