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Why did Ajamil refuse to meet the sheepdog’s eyes?

1) Sheep dog is a brave warrior and is capable of winning the war against all the tigers.

2) So Ajmail knows that the sheep dog wouldn’t be happy to sign a treaty with those tigers.


3) Hence he refused to meet the sheepdog’s eyes as he didn’t want to change his decision of making peace with the tigers.


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What facet of political life does the behaviour of Ajamil illustrate?

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Why have the words, ‘pretended’ and ‘seemed’ been used in the lines:

...pretended to believe every single word of what the tiger king said.


And seemed to be taken in by all the lies.


How does the sense of these lines connect with the line ‘Ajamil wasn’t a fool’?

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The poem is a satire against the present political class. How effectively does it convey the anger and anguish of the common man trapped in the system?