What does the title of the poem suggest to you? Are you reminded of other poems on tigers?
Solution and Explanation
The title, "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers", suggests that the poem is about Aunt Jennifer's knitted tigers that, with their chivalric, ferocious, bright and carefree attitude, become an alternate world of her creation. The tigers are the only means of freedom in her life, which is otherwise burdened by fear and struggles of the married life.The poet highlights the suppressed desire of a woman that finds way to express her feelings of liberation in the shapes of tigers.She beholds herself as a tiger with tremendous strength, but is unable to exercise it due to male chauvenism.
There are many other poems written about tigers.A few of them are mentioned below.
"The Tiger" by William Blake
"Tiger" by Alec Derwent Hope
"Tiger Drinking at Forest Pool" by Ruth Sophia Padel
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Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool
Find even the ivory needle hard to pull. The massive
weight of wedding band Uncle's
sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.
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Aunt Jennifer’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 certainty.
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