ST.
FRANCIS SCHOOL
CLASS VII
SUB: ENGLISH
Chapter 1: His Last Message
-Keki N Daruwalla
Synonyms and Antonyms
WORDS SYNONYMS ANTONYMS
1 Odd Unusual Usual
2 Prophesy Predict Contraindicate
3 Death End Life
4 Far Distant Near
5 End up Finish start
Poetic Devices
Alliteration- The tiger…
Bone Bazaar
Personification- The tiger spoke....
Enjambment- This is odd…..in my dream.
Tonight I’ll prophesy…. will die.
So please……. Bone Bazaar.
Questions and Answers
Q1. What did the tiger say to the poet about the death of the forests?
Ans. The tiger says that if he dies then the forests will no longer be
alive. He also says that the planet would end up without forests.
Q3. What do the 'Skin Market' and the 'Bone Bazaar' refer to?
Ans. The “Skin Market” and the “Bone Bazaar” refer to the place
where poachers illegally sell the tiger remains like their skin and
different body parts like bones, teeth, etc.
Q4. What message does the poet wish to give through this poem?
Ans. Through this poem the poet wants to give a message to the
people not to kill tigers thereby saving our earth from ending up.
Reference to Context:
Read the given lines and answer the questions that follow.
So please see to it I don’t end up
In the Skin Market
And the Bone Bazaar.
(i) Who is “I” in the above lines?
(ii) Who is the poet of the given lines?
(iii) What is his urge and why?
Ans(i) “I” here refers to the tiger.
Ans (ii) The poet of the above lines is Keki N Daruwalla.
Ans (iii) The tiger is requesting the people not to kill him because if
he dies then the forests will no longer be alive and the planet
would also come to an end.
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