CBSE Class 12 · English · Flamingo / Vistas
Aunt Jennifer's Tigers
Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for Class 12 English.
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Adrienne Rich. Aunt Jennifer embroiders fierce prancing tigers on panel - contrast to her terrified hands ringed by wedding band; tigers remain proud when she is mastered by ordeals.
Summary
Prance bright topaz on green - unafraid of men below.
Prance bright topaz on green - unafraid of men below.
Find even ivory needle hard to pull through wool.
Find even ivory needle hard to pull through wool.
Sits heavily on hand; ordeals mastered her.
Sits heavily on hand; ordeals mastered her.
Still ringed with ordeals when aunt is dead.
Still ringed with ordeals when aunt is dead.
Prance proud, unafraid - art eternal.
Prance proud, unafraid - art eternal.
Hard words & meanings
| topaz | yellow gem |
| chivalric | knightly brave |
| ordeals | painful trials |
| fluttering | trembling |
| massive | heavy and solid |
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