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it is a bear.. This act of his will make you sure about its identity. You will come to know that it is a
bear.

Literary Devices

1. Rhyme: Rhyme scheme ababcc is followed (yard-hard, there- bear, guess-caress)
2. Enjambment: Continuation of a sentence to the next line (if you were walking….creature
there)
3. Alliteration: use of ‘w’ sound (when-walking), use of ‘h’ sound (who- hugs), use of ‘b’
sound (be-bear)
4. Assonance: use of vowel ‘e’ (meet a creature there)

Stanza 5

Though to distinguish beasts of prey
A novice might nonplus,
The Crocodile you always may
Tell from the Hyena thus:
Hyenas come with merry smiles;

Stanza 6

But if they weep they’re Crocodiles
Distinguish: Differentiate
Beast of Prey: Any animals that hunts other animals for food
Novice: Someone new to a job
Nonplus: be confused

The poet says that for someone who is new to the job of recognizing animals, it will be like a puzzle
to recognize animals that hunt other animals for their food. So here the poet tries to help out the
readers by telling the difference between two animals. He says that Hyenas will be smiling
whereas if it is a crocodile, it is always in tears. Both of these animals are dangerous.

Literary Devices

1. Rhyme: Rhyme scheme ababcc is followed (prey-may, nonplus-thus, smiles-crocodiles)
2. Alliteration: use of consonant sound ‘n’ (novice-nonplus), use of ‘th’ sound (the-thus)
3. Enjambment: continuation of sentence to the next line (though to distinguish….might
nonplus, The crocodile…..hyena thus)

Stanza 7
The true Chameleon is small,
A lizard sort of thing;
He hasn’t any ears at all,
And not a single wing.
If there is nothing on the tree,
’Tis the chameleon you see.

The poet says that the next is Chameleon which is a small creature. It looks like a lizard but the
difference between the two is that chameleon does not have ears and wings. Moreover she says
that chameleon has the ability to change its colour according to the surface on which it is sitting.
Therefore, if you see a tree and find nothing else on it, then it must be a chameleon sitting on it. It
has changed its colour into the colour of tree.