The poem has a literal level and a figurative level. Why has the poet chosen ‘tigers’ and ‘sheep’ to convey his message?

1) This poem is a satire on the modern politics where people are sheep, warriors are sheep dogs, politicians are compared with Ajamil and the tigers are the countries that try to attack our nation.

2) Poet has chosen sheep to say the innocence of the people and the tigers to show the cruelty of other nations that are trying to harm our nation.