Q6 of 10 Page 104

Why do you think Aunt Jennifer created animals that are so different from her own character? What might the poet be suggesting, through this difference?

Aunt Jennifer has created tigers of the forests who are brave and free. She has been tamed to stay at home and fulfill her marriage vows and duties, unlike the tigers who go on prancing with certainty without fearing men. She fears her husband. She wishes for freedom, but She has lost all courage and certainty. The poet is setting up a contrast to a life of freedom and life of being dominated.


More from this chapter

All 10 →