P-8. Fog — ENGLISH [NCERT] STD 10 — Question

Now that you have read the poem in detail, we can begin to ask what the poem might mean. Here are two suggestions. Can you think of others?
On the other hand, Adrienne Rich has been known to use trees as a metaphor for human beings; this is a recurrent image in her poetry. What new meanings emerge from the poem if you take its trees to be symbolic of this particular meaning?

What does the poet convey through the poem?

What does the tiger do in his cage?

Why does the poet hold with those who ‘favour fire ?

Does dyin’ really rhyme with ‘lion’ ? Can you say it in such a way that it does ?

Describe the tiger in the wild.

The loss of ball is a metaphor of the boy's lost childhood. Justify this statement.

What humorous descriptions do you find in the poem?

What kind of contrast do you find in the poem? Do you think that tigers should be always keptin the zoo?

Why doesn't the poetess make any mention of the struggle waged by the trees to free themselves to move towards the forest in her long letters?