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 This poem contrasts a tiger when it is in its natural

habitat and when it is imprisoned in a zoo. On a
starry night, the poet sees a tiger in a zoo. The tiger

moves slowly up and down in his cage. He is full of

rage but is quiet in his helplessness. The poet is
moved to pity for the tiger. He says that the tiger

should have been in the jungle. He should have been

moving quietly in the shadows near some water hole,
and waiting for a plump deer to pass that way. But

sadly he is locked behind bars in a concrete cell. He

does not take any notice of the visitors and is looking
at the brilliant stars with his brilliant eyes. Now he

has to be content with merely looking at the stars

.He is no longer free to move in his natural habitat
and look at the brilliant stars from there .