Question

How does the poet suggest that you identify the lion and the tiger? When can you do so, according to him?

Answer 1

Hint: The poet describes the various wild animals. In the first stanza, the poet says to the readers, that if they go to the jungle, then how will they recognise the various animals of the jungle. The poet then starts describing the Asian Lion.

Complete answer:
The poet describes a royal animal having black stripes on its yellowish skin and is roaming freely in the jungle. She says you will be certain that it is a Bengal Tiger if he starts eating you. But, there is no point in knowing the animal if you have to die to identify him. A lion is a large and tawny beast. A Bengal Tiger has black stripes on its yellow coat. A lion roars when it falls upon its prey, while a tiger attacks silently. We can identify the two while roaming in the jungle.

Note: It is a humorous poem. The poet suggests some dangerous ways of identifying wild animals. The suggested ways create humour. He says if you ever visit the jungles in the east and you happen to encounter a lion, a tiger or a leopard, you’ll be able to identify them by the way they attack you. identifying while dying, the idea makes you laugh. The humour in the poem is very subtle and quite brilliantly portrayed by the poet.