3. A TIGER IN THE ZOO
1. Rhyming scheme 1st stanza-abcb
2.Stanza 1 line 1 - personification bcoz tiger is addressed as a man.
3. Line2-personification bcoz tiger is given the human quality of walking.
4. Line1 -alliteration - STalks and STripes.
5. Metaphor - the soft furry paws of a tiger are indirectly compared to velvet pads.
6. Inversion- on pads of velvet quiet.
7.On quiet pads of velvet
Line3- Transfered epithet - the adj. Quiet is transfered from the tiger to his paws.
Line4-oxymoron - two contradictory words(quiet and rage) are used side by side
Line 1- verbal metaphor ( lurking)- the tiger is compared to a hunter who lurks to have his victim
Metonymy- bcoz instead of darkness or night the poet uses the word shadow
Line 2- Verbal metaphor ( sliding)
Smooth movement of a tiger is indirectly compared to sliding
Line 3- synecdoche ( water hole)
Climax- baring his white fangs and terrorizing the village .... Arranged in a ascending order
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