6. Aunt Jenifer's Tiger (Adrienne Rich)

Adrienne Rich

 Main Points of the poem:

1.  In this poem, the poet brings out the miserable plight of a married woman in a common household. इस  कविता में कवियत्री एक साधारण परिवार में  विवाहित स्त्री की दुखमय स्तिथि  वर्णन करती है। 
2. Ant  Jenifer is embroidering tigers in wool. The tigers are prancing across the screen. They look bright yellow in the midst of green trees. There are some men beneath the tree. The tigers are not afraid of these men. आण्ट जेनिफर उन में बाघों की कड़ाई कर रही है। बाघ परदे के पार उछलते हुए जा रहे है। हरे हरे पेड़ों के मध्य वे चमकदार पीले लग रहे है। पेड़ के नीचे कुछ पुरुष है। बाघ इन लोगों से नही डरते है। उनकी नजरों में उत्साह, वीरता, और निश्चितता दिखाई देती है। 
3. The tiger are pacing across in the screen in graceful chivalry. Aunt Jennifer's fingers are fluttering through the wool.She finds it hard to pull out the ivory needle. She feels as if her hands fails to work under Uncle's pressure. She can do nothing without his command. परदे के पार शिष्टतापूर्ण वीरता के साथ बाघ चलते हुए जा रहे है। आण्टी जेनिफर की उंगलियां कढ़ाई करते हुए कांप रही है।उसे हाथी दांत वाली सुई भी भारी लग रही है ऊन खींचने में। अंकल के विवाह सम्बन्धी कर्तव्यों और बंधनों के बोझ का भर आण्टी के हाथों पर भारी पड़ रहा है। उसके आदेश के बिना वह कुछ भी नही कर सकती हैं।
4. The poet imagines that  when Aunt Jenifer dies, her terrified hands will still be ringed with her usual chores. The tiger in the panel will proudly prance across the screen while Aunt Jennifer would be lying lifeless in her grave. कवियत्री कल्पना करती है जब आंटी मर जायेगी उसके डरे हुए हाथ तब भी नियमित कामों में घिरे होंगे। परदे के ऊपर बने हुए बाघ गर्व सहित परदे के पार भागते हुए जाएंगे। जबकि आण्टी जेनिफर अपनी कब्र में बेजान पड़ी होंगी।

Poem

Ant Jenifer's tigers prance across a screen,

Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.

They do not fear the men beneath the tree;

They pace in sleek chivalric certainly.

Aunt Jennifer's finger fluttering through the wool

Find even the ivory needle hard to pull.

The massive weight of Uncle's wedding band

Sits heavily upon the Aunt Jennifer's hand

When Aunt is dead, Her terrified hand will lie

still ringed with ordeal she was mastered by.

The tiger in the panel that she made

will go on prancing proud and unafraid.

Q. How does ' denizen' and 'chivalric' add to our understanding of the tiger's attitude?

Ans. Tigers are denizens of a world of green. They love to live in their natural habitat which is the forest. they are brave and warlike. They are not afraid of human beings.

Q.2. Why do you think Aunt Jennifer's hands are 'fluttering through her wool' in the second stanza? Why is she finding the needle so hard to pull?

Ans. Aunt Jennifer seems to have grown very old and week. that is why her hands are fluttering through her wool. She is finding it hard to pull needle because her week hands are trembling due to weakness.

Q.3. What is suggested by the image ' massive weight of Uncle's wedding band'?

Ans. Aunt Jennifer's marriage was just like a heavy band put on her. With her marriage she lost all of her former freedom. Now she was tied to the daily chores of Uncles home. She has no liberty or will of her own. 

Q.4. Of what or whom is  Aunt Jennifer Terrified in the third stanza?

Ans. Aunt Jennifer is terrified of the hard chores she has been performing so far in her life. She is afraid that she will have to do the same ones even after her death.

Q.5. What kind of ordeals is Aunt Jenifer surrounded by?

Ans. Aunt Jennifer is surrounded by ordeals that are the common fate of all married women. They spend all their life in doing household chores from morning till evening. They produce children and bring them up with loving care. they have to put up with all the bullying of their husbands.