NCERT Solutions for class 12 English Poetry Chapter 6: Aunt Jeniffers Tigers

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NCERT Solutions for class 12 English Aunt Jeniffer’s Tigers can be downloaded from the article below. "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" – written by Adrienne Rich, is a poem about the innermost suppressed feelings that can only be portrayed through the form of art. In this lesson, the poet talks about how dominated a woman must feel being in a marriage in those days. She also uses some autobiographical elements in this poem.


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Aunt Jeniffer’s Tigers Summary

This poem is written by the American poet and essayist Adrienne Rich. In her own life, the poet had gone through the family's domination, especially by the men in her family. It is a small poem of 12 lines divided into three stanzas, following the AABB rhyme pattern.

  • In this poetry, the central character- Aunt Jennifer is dominated by her husband in the real life.
  • Yet she always expresses her innermost desires to be free from this domination through her form of art. Hence, she had made a tiger on the panel which is her way of expressing her fearlessness.
  • Whereas the men did not care about their wives and moved on with their chores, the wives are now tired of being dominated, so much that their fingers are shaky now.
  • There seems to be no way to get out of this misery for Aunt Jeniffer until death comes. But her art will be there as the symbol of her free will.

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CBSE CLASS XII Related Questions

  • 1.
    ‘Deep Water’ and ‘Indigo’ bring out the importance of overcoming fear. Discuss the two texts with reference to the above statement.


      • 2.

        Paragraph 5 uses the words ‘competencies’ and ‘adoption’. 
        Classify the following sentences which talk about ‘competency’ and which talk about ‘adoption’. 
        Sentence 1: Ria embraced new technology to gain a global market for her paintings. 
        Sentence 2: Ria displays her artistic skill through her paintings. 
         


          • 3.
            ‘Students on Ice Programme’ proves Geoff Green’s farsightedness. Explain with reference to the text of ‘The Journey to the End of the Earth’. (The Journey to the End of the Earth)


              • 4.
                How does the author prove in paragraph 1 that a sense of humour is a double-edged sword?


                  • 5.
                    How do the expressions ‘polished traffic’ and a stand that ‘pathetically pled’ depict the contrasting worlds that co-exist in the poem A Roadside Stand?


                      • 6.
                        “The Maharaja vowed he would attend to all other matters only after killing the hundred tigers.”
                        What image of the Maharaja is reflected in the above statement?
                        (Tiger King)

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