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HOW TO TELL WILD ANIMALS

Carolyn Wells

By: Shilpa Sharma

Carolyn Wells

INTRODUCTION

  • American writer- humorous poems, children's books and mysteries
  • Born on June 18, 1862, U.S.
  • Died on March 26, 1942, New York, N.Y

About the Poem

  • This poem explores the characteristics of wild animals in a light-hearted, humorous way.

  • It directly addresses the reader and familiarizes them with Asian Lion, Bengal Tiger, Leopard, Hyena, Crocodile and Chameleons.

How To Tell A Wild Animal

POEM

If when you're walking round your yard,

You meet a creature there,

Who hugs you very, very hard,

Be sure it is the Bear.

If you have any doubt, I guess

He'll give you just one more caress.

Though to distinguish beasts of prey

A novice might nonplus,

The Crocodiles you always may

Tell from Hyenas thus:

Hyenas come with merry smiles;

But if they weep, they're Crocodiles.

The true Chameleon is small,

A lizard sort of thing;

He hasn't any ears at all,

And not a single wing.

If there is nothing on the tree,

'Tis the Chameleon you see.

If ever you should go by chance

To jungles in the East;

And if there should to you advance

A large and tawny beast,

If he roars at you as you're dyin'

You'll know it is the Asian Lion.

Or if sometime when roaming round,

A noble wild beast greets you,

With black stripes on a yellow ground,

Just notice if he eats you.

This simple rule may help you learn

The Bengal Tiger to discern.

If strolling forth, a beast you view,

Whose hide with spots is peppered,

As soon as he has lept on you,

You'll know it is the Leopard.

'Twill do no good to roar with pain,

He'll only lep and lep again.

ANALYSIS OF THE POEM

STANZA 1

If ever you should go by chance

To jungles in the East;

And if there should to you advance

A large and tawny beast,

If he roars at you as you're dyin'

You'll know it is the Asian Lion.

STANZA 2

STANZAS 1 & 2

Or if sometime when roaming round,

A noble wild beast greets you,

With black stripes on a yellow ground,

Just notice if he eats you.

This simple rule may help you learn

The Bengal Tiger to discern.

STANZA 3

If strolling forth, a beast you view,

Whose hide with spots is peppered,

As soon as he has lept on you,

You'll know it is the Leopard.

'Twill do no good to roar with pain,

He'll only lep and lep again.

STANZAS 3 & 4

STANZA 4

If when you're walking round your yard,

You meet a creature there,

Who hugs you very, very hard,

Be sure it is the Bear.

If you have any doubt, I guess

He'll give you just one more caress.

STANZA 5

Though to distinguish beasts of prey

A novice might nonplus,

The Crocodiles you always may

Tell from Hyenas thus:

Hyenas come with merry smiles;

But if they weep, they're Crocodiles.

STANZAS 5 & 6

STANZA 6

The true Chameleon is small,

A lizard sort of thing;

He hasn't any ears at all,

And not a single wing.

If there is nothing on the tree,

'Tis the Chameleon you see.

POETIC DEVICES

POETIC

DEVICES

  • Poetic devices are the literary

techniques or devices used by the poets

to create rhyme, enhance the meaning or intensify a mood or feeling of a poem.

  • They could be used to impact the

structural, grammatical, rhythmic,

metrical, verbal and visual

components of a

poem.

RHYME SCHEME

  • The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

Rhyme Scheme

STANZA 1

If ever you should go by chance

To jungles in the East;

And if there should to you advance

A large and tawny beast,

If he roars at you as you're dyin'

You'll know it is the Asian Lion.

STANZA 2

STANZAS 1 & 2

Or if sometime when roaming round,

A noble wild beast greets you,

With black stripes on a yellow ground,

Just notice if he eats you.

This simple rule may help you learn

The Bengal Tiger to discern.

STANZA 3

If strolling forth, a beast you view,

Whose hide with spots is peppered,

As soon as he has lept on you,

You'll know it is the Leopard.

'Twill do no good to roar with pain,

He'll only lep and lep again.

STANZAS 3 & 4

STANZA 4

If when you're walking round your yard,

You meet a creature there,

Who hugs you very, very hard,

Be sure it is the Bear.

If you have any doubt, I guess

He'll give you just one more caress.

STANZA 5

Though to distinguish beasts of prey

A novice might nonplus,

The Crocodiles you always may

Tell from Hyenas thus:

Hyenas come with merry smiles;

But if they weep, they're Crocodiles.

STANZA 6

STANZAS 5 & 6

The true Chameleon is small,

A lizard sort of thing;

He hasn't any ears at all,

And not a single wing.

If there is nothing on the tree,

'Tis the Chameleon you see.

ALLITERATION

Alliteration

  • The repetition of same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Example: sweet song

STANZA 2

Or if sometime when roaming round,

A noble wild beast greets you,

With black stripes on a yellow ground,

Just notice if he eats you.

This simple rule may help you learn

The Bengal Tiger to discern.

STANZA 3

If strolling forth, a beast you view,

Whose hide with spots is peppered,

As soon as he has lept on you,

You'll know it is the Leopard.

'Twill do no good to roar with pain,

He'll only lep and lep again.

STANZAS 2, 3 & 4

STANZA 4

If when you're walking round your yard,

You meet a creature there,

Who hugs you very, very hard,

Be sure it is the Bear.

If you have any doubt, I guess

He'll give you just one more caress.

STANZA 5

Though to distinguish beasts of prey

A novice might nonplus,

The Crocodiles you always may

Tell from Hyenas thus:

Hyenas come with merry smiles;

But if they weep, they're Crocodiles.

STANZAS 5 & 6

STANZA 6

The true Chameleon is small,

A lizard sort of thing;

He hasn't any ears at all,

And not a single wing.

If there is nothing on the tree,

'Tis the Chameleon you see.

INVERSION

  • The reversal of the syntactically correct order of subjects, verbs, and objects in a sentence.

Example: The ocean blue.

To the store, I will go.

Inversion

STANZA 1

If ever you should go by chance

To jungles in the East;

And if there should to you advance

A large and tawny beast,

If he roars at you as you're dyin'

You'll know it is the Asian Lion.

STANZA 2

STANZAS 1 & 2

Or if sometime when roaming round,

A noble wild beast greets you,

With black stripes on a yellow ground,

Just notice if he eats you.

This simple rule may help you learn

The Bengal Tiger to discern.

ASSONANCE

  • Assonance is a repetition of vowel sounds between syllables of nearby words.

Example: "Poetry is old, ancient, goes back far."

Assonance

STANZA 1

If ever you should go by chance

To jungles in the East;

And if there should to you advance

A large and tawny beast,

If he roars at you as you're dyin'

You'll know it is the Asian Lion.

STANZA 2

STANZAS 1 & 2

Or if sometime when roaming round,

A noble wild beast greets you,

With black stripes on a yellow ground,

Just notice if he eats you.

This simple rule may help you learn

The Bengal Tiger to discern.

STANZA 3

If strolling forth, a beast you view,

Whose hide with spots is peppered,

As soon as he has lept on you,

You'll know it is the Leopard.

'Twill do no good to roar with pain,

He'll only lep and lep again.

STANZAS 3 & 4

STANZA 4

If when you're walking round your yard,

You meet a creature there,

Who hugs you very, very hard,

Be sure it is the Bear.

If you have any doubt, I guess

He'll give you just one more caress.

ENJAMBMENT

  • The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.

  • It is a running on of a thought from one line to another without final punctuation.

Enjambment

Example: When rain drops are

Exposed to sunlight, even

Colorless become vibrant.

STANZA 1

If ever you should go by chance

To jungles in the East;

And if there should to you advance

A large and tawny beast,

If he roars at you as you're dyin'

You'll know it is the Asian Lion.

STANZA 4

If when you're walking round your yard,

You meet a creature there,

Who hugs you very, very hard,

Be sure it is the Bear.

If you have any doubt, I guess

He'll give you just one more caress.

STANZAS 1,4 & 5

STANZA 5

Though to distinguish beasts of prey

A novice might nonplus,

The Crocodiles you always may

Tell from Hyenas thus:

Hyenas come with merry smiles;

But if they weep, they're Crocodiles.

REPETITION

  • The repeating the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable.

Repetition

STANZA 3

STANZAS 3

If strolling forth, a beast you view,

Whose hide with spots is peppered,

As soon as he has lept on you,

You'll know it is the Leopard.

'Twill do no good to roar with pain,

He'll only lep and lep again.

CONCLUSION

Style: Humorous

Tone: Casual, informal, playful, Ironical

Theme: Identification of wild animals

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