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Tiger in the Menagerie - Emma Jones
Cards in this deck (7)
- 1"No one could say how the tiger got into the menagerie"Unexpected, inexplicable
French -> Menage -> Family/ relationship - 2"It was too flash, too blue"'Blue' - cold feeling starting to creep into
the relationship
Emphasizes unexpectedness - 3"the bars were the lashes of the stripes, the stripes were the lashes of the bars"Confusion. Relationship is beginning to doubt itself
No capitals or punctuation:
Nor order, chaos - 4"Shed its fretwork"Fretwork: Symmetrical design,
representing balance.
Balance in the relationship is lost, starting to crumble into chaos. - 5"when the sun rose they'd gone"Animals in the menagerie are all dead.
There is no more menagerie, no
more relationship.
Individuals are left hurt and consumed
with anger - 6"If the aviary could, it would lock its door"If it could, the menagerie (relationship) would have stopped the violence
from entering
Violence unlocked the doors - broke the bonds - individuals can now escape the relationship, leaving each other - 7StructureIrregular rhymes, suggesting tiger, or violence, cannot be controlled
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- This is my personal analysis of this poem, and the only way I can understand it. I know there are loads more interpretations, but this is the one that works for me. Enjoy! =)
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- Diana Domingues
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