"Tiger in the Menagerie" by Emma Jones
1. Wild vs. Civilization Wild: Nature, survival, chaos/freedom, out of control, wild animals, natural environment Civilization: control, rules/laws, money/wealth, safety, man, menagerie, taming of animals Both: danger/violence 2. Poem Summary This seven-stanza poem is about a tiger that escapes from its cage in a menagerie, but none is sure about how that could've happened: "No one could say how the tiger got into the menagerie". 3. Analysis of the first stanza At the beginning of the first stanza is says that no one knew or understood how the tiger got into the menagerie, this is pretty obvious since the poem says: "no one could say how the tiger got into the menagerie" On the next line, there is the poetic device: "It was too flash, too blue", which represent the tiger as depressive ("blue") and so quick that it dazzles everyone. 4. Analysis of the third stanza (Relationship between the cage and the tiger) Th...