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Watch video of 'Portrait of a prince' and its Q/A

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Click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_rM0XqvWmE  to watch video PORTRAIT OF A PRINCE                                                  by Denis Martindale Summary: We are accustomed to getting frightened by tigers because of their appearances. It is our automatic reaction when we talk about tigers, but the poem entitled Portrait of the Prince by Denis Martindale has a deeper depiction of tigers. It describes not just the physical appearance of a tiger but also its deep characteristic mentally and emotionally. It highlighted the other side of a tiger not just its scary phase but also its heroic side.                       The first part of the poem focuses on the detailed physical appearance of a tiger not just mere definition but each trait that a tiger has different important functions as well as symbolisms like this line from the poem "Behold the tiger's face up close, with all its deep-etched lines. Like charcoal ridges by his nose, How clearly each def