Tiger

The tiger
Has swallowed

A black sun,

In his cold
Cage he
Carries it still:


Black flames
Flicker through
His fur,

Black rays roar
From the centers
Of his eyes.

Valerie Worth


In the poem, Tiger by Valerie Worth the Tiger is sad and alone in the steel cold cage, separated from the rest of the world. Black flame runs through out his fur and a silent roar runs through his eyes.
In the poem, the author said that the tiger swallowed and carries the black sun in the cage. It means when the tiger is free, he has orange stripes. The orange stripes symbolize happiness, freedom, and strength. In the cage, the Tiger only has the color black, and that symbolizes that the Tiger has a loss in freedom. The black color makes him separated from the rest of the world, because everyone is free and only he is locked up.
In the poem, the word “black” is important, it repeated three times: “black sun”, “black flames” and “black roar”. In real life, these things cannot be black, but for the Tiger it’s true, because he can’t enjoy them and everything that he feeling is sad and black. The cage is like a jail for him, because can’t understand why he is in there. The Tiger is not roaring or doing something, but when you look in his eyes, you can see all his thoughts.
The Tiger is trapped but he does not know why. He is begging for freedom, but they put him in jail. I think it is the same with the people, they are so sad, and feel terrible if they are not free.