Question

What does the poet say about the elephant's strength?

Answer 1

Hint: This poem expresses a circus elephant's desire to return to the forest (home). The poet wonders if the elephant recalls the jungle noises and the dawn and sunrise that he no longer sees.

Complete answer:
The author recounts the elephants held prisoner in the circus by humans in this poem. They amuse the children with pranks and games. The poet imagines what the lovely gigantic animals could be thinking as they return to their calm forest habitats far from human sight. The poet is asking society if it is right for us to take away a creature's freedom. He depicts elephants as preferring green juicy leaves and resting quietly rather than being mistreated and viewed as a joke or a toy.

The elephant is described by the poet as a powerful beast. According to the poet, an elephant can uproot an oak with a single "whisk of his snout," and a "wave of his trunk and a tilt of his chin" may bring down a house or "take up a pin." He has the potential to be the most powerful creature on the planet.

Note: Animals should not be allowed to act in circuses, according to the poet in “Circus Elephant”. From the first to the last stanza of the poem, the poet tries to persuade the elephant to recall his previous existence in the forest. He tells him about all the different forest sounds he used to hear when he was in the wild. In some sense, the poet is attempting to convey that the elephant should be in the forest rather than the circus since it is the ideal place for him to live.