Subject: English
My shade is striped
My air is barred
(As it was before;
Only here the bars
Do not bend with the wind.)
My breath is short
My claws are blunt
With long pacing on stone ground
All day I smell
Zebra……. Gazelle….
But I am full of easy meat
I have no appetite.
Only at dusk-
When the monkeys mock from stone trees
And the buck (soft noses sniffing the air
For the scent they no longer fear)
Come down to the mud less pool to drink-
Only at dusk I dare to dream
Eyes half closed, bending the bars
Against the sun
And plotting my return
Match the words in column ‘A’ with their meaning in column ‘B’:
Column ‘A’ Column ‘B’
Striped to be away from home
Barred desire for food
Claws laugh at, tease
Pacing planning secretly
Appetite twilight or evening
Mock lined
Exile walk
Buck male deer
Plotting sharp curved nails
Dusk with rods or bars
Striped | Lined |
Barred | with rods or bars |
Claws | sharp curved nails |
Pacing | Walk |
Appetite | desire for food |
Mock | laugh at, tease |
Exile | to be away from home |
Buck | male deer |
Plotting | planning secretly |
dusk | Twilight or evening |
Find the words from the poem which are closest in meaning to the followings:
Not sharp or pointed
blunt
Find the words from the poem which are closest in meaning to the followings:
Nightmare; illusion
dream
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