Interpret the symbols found in this poem.

What is suggested by the image massive weight of Uncles wedding band?

what do you understand by 'chivalric certainty'!

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?

Aunt Jennifer's fingures fluttering through her wool

Find even the ivory needle hard to pull

(a) Name the literary device used in the first line.

(b) What is Aunt Jennifer doing in these lines?

Do you sympathise with Aunt Jennifer? What is the attitude of the speaker towards Aunt Jennifer?

What are the ‘ordeals’ Aunt Jennifer is surrounded by? Why is it significant that the poet uses the word ‘ringed’? What are the meanings of the word ‘ringed’ in the poem?

What do you understand by 'CHIVALRIC CERTAINITY'?

Are Aunt Jennifer's tigers real? Give reasons.

Why do the tigers not fear the men under the trees?

What is meant by "Chivalric certainty"?

Why did Aunt Jennifer choose to embroider tigers on the panel?

why aunt jennifer's tiger are described as denizens of a world of green?

meaning of "still ringed with ordeals she was masterd by"