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2. Alliteration: repetition of consonant sound ‘r’ at start of two or more closely connected
words (roaming round)
3. Inversion: Change in the format of a sentence (The Bengal Tiger to discern)
4. Allusion: Reference to a famous thing, place, species of animal, etc (Bengal Tiger)
5. Assonance: Use of vowel sound ’o’ (or if some time when roaming round)

Stanza 3

If strolling forth, a beast you view,
Whose hide with spots is peppered,
As soon as he has lept on you,
You’ll know it is the Leopard.
’Twill do no good to roar with pain,
He’ll only lep and lep again.

1. Strolling: walking casually
2. Forth: forward
3. Hide: skin of animal
4. Peppered: Here it means the spots
5. Lept (Leapt): jump towards someone

The poet says that if you are casually walking in a jungle, you will meet an animal who has a skin
with spots on it. This animal is so fast that it will leap on you at once which means that it will jump
on you. This jumping is an indication that it is none other than the Leopard. Moreover, she adds
that if you will cry out in pain, it is not going to be of any use as it will keep on jumping on you. So,
in this stanza the poet has explained the characteristic of a leopard.
1. Literary Devices
2. Rhyme: Rhyme scheme ababcc is followed (view- you, peppered- Leopard, pain-again)
3. Alliteration: use of consonant sound ‘h’ in the beginning of two words (he has)
4. Poetic license: A liberty to the poet to change the spellings in order to create rhyme or
rhythm in a poem (use of lept instead of leapt)
5. Repetition: use of ‘lep’ word in the last line.
6. Assonance: use of vowel sound ‘o’ (strolling-forth-you, whose-spot, do no good to roar)
7. Consonance: use of ‘l’ sound (he’ll only lep …lep)

Stanza 4

If when you’re walking round your yard
You meet a creature there,
Who hugs you very, very hard,
Be sure it is a Bear.
If you have any doubts, I guess
He’ll give you just one more caress.

1. Yard: backyard or the lawn area of a house
2. Caress: A gentle touch

If you are walking in the lawn area of your house and you meet a creature which hugs you tightly,