How to Tell Wild Animals - Summary, Analysis, and Themes(Class 10 English Poem-Ncert Book First Flight-chapter 4 )
"How to Tell Wild Animals" by Carolyn Wells(Class 10 English Poem, Ncert Book First Flight Book)
How to Tell Wild Animals - Summary, Analysis, and Themes
This poem is written by profound poet Carolyn Wells and the name of the highly famous humorous Poem is "How To Tell Wild Animal". It is an enjoyable and funny poem and it tells us to identify various types of animals. This poem is written in six verses and each verse tells us about different animals and also tells us how to identify the animal. The poem is easy to read because of its tonality, rhyme scheme, and repetition, all these make the poem enjoyable to read and memorize.
About the Poet
Carolyn Wells was basically from America. She was an author as well as a Poet. She had written more than 170 books in her entire lifetime. In the year 1862, She was born into a well-known family and she died in 1942. Carolyn was a highly famous writer. She had written her work in many categories(genres) like mystery, humor, and children's Literature book, indeed, she was a great author and writer. It can be seen in her intellectuality, comic and witty play of the word in the poem" How To Tell Wild Animal" She had also written two outstanding works namely, "Fleming Stone" and "Patty Fairfield" series.
Summary
"Go out into the woods, or sit at your window sill," with this line the poem "How to Tell Wild Animals" begins. This line welcomes the reader to scrutinize (ताकना)the animals in their natural habitat(प्राकृतिक आवास). The initial stanza tells us about the tiger, which can be known by its strips, it was not black stripes that are placed on the skin, the tiger is also referred to as a tawny beast. The Bengal tiger is also mentioned in the poem. Funnily, poets use the word greets. Tiger's roaming is quite humorous for the reader. The next stanza tells about the big animal Elephant which can be recognized by its trunk. It is a social animal. The following stanza tells us about the animal Zebra, which can be recognized by the stripes that are placed on its skin. Another stanza describes the animal Giraffe, which can be identified by its long Neck. The fifth stanza describes the Cameleon, which can be recognized by its talent to change its skin color. When it captures branches or leaves tightly, the color starts to change, it has a different chemistry of changing which we can get the information in science. The last stanza tells and ends the poem with the idea of the simplest way to convey animals apart is to see their footprint in somebody's heart and mind.
Themes
The poem "How to Tell Wild Animals" is based on many themes. The first main theme of the poem deals with the identification of various wild beasts. The poet utilizes humor, rhyme, and repetition to tell this theme in a lighthearted and playful way. Poet tries to evoke the reader that beauty must be accepted and variousness of the real world to identify and accept the animals which are around them.
Analysis
The poem "How to Tell Wild Animals" is written in a very light and funny tone. This an easy-to-read poem because it includes rhyme and repetition of poetic devices so it helps to memorize the poem easily. The use of poetic devices (Alliteration) adds musicality to the poem such as "giraffe with his graceful height,"
This is a six-stanza poem wherein each stanza clarifies a different animal. The last line of the poem, "But the easiest way to tell these beasts apart, is to look at their footprints in somebody's heart," is an intellectual way to end the poem and join all the stanzas collectively. Students should take this lesson as humorous Writing. We find mentioning the jungle. The jungle is often present in the poem.
Question and Answers
Here are some questions and answers related to the poem "How to Tell Wild Animals."
Q1.Many animals can be identified according to the poets’ suggestions. Name the animals. Which ones would you like to identify? Are there any lessons for us from this poem?
Ans->The tiger, elephant, zebra, giraffe, and chameleon are the beasts that have been mentioned in the Poem. Yes, we would like to identify the chameleon because of its ability to change the color of its skin. The poem gives us to understand the beauty and variety of the natural world.
Q2. How does one identify a chameleon?
Ans->The ability to change the color of the skin of a chameleon which helps to identify the animal.
Board Exam Questions
Here are some board exam questions related to the poem "How to Tell Wild Animals."
Q1.What is the theme of the poem "How to Tell Wild Animals"?
Ans->The theme of the poem is recognizing and identifying different wild animals.
Q2.Why does the poet use "if" in the stanza "If you should see a panther crouch"?
Ans->The poet uses "if" to create a hypothetical(काल्पनिक) condition and to add a playful tone to the stanza.
Conclusion
"How to Tell Wild Animals" is a humorous and interesting poem that motivates readers to understand the loveliness and variety of the natural world. The usage of humor, and rhyme repetition makes the more enjoyable because that produces musicality to the poem. It also helps in remembering the poem. In addition to that specifying various animals and acceptance of the natural world is out of the bound of time and universal, whereabouts, the poem's theme deals. This poem is a wonderful reminder of the surprises of the animal kingdom and the significance of understanding the natural world.