The Tyger and The Lamb

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The Tyger and The Lamb

• By Giuliano Ascue and Clayton Williams

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Intro.

• The Tyger and The Lamb was written by William
  Blake.
• William Blake was born on November 28, 1757 in
  London.
• Blake married Catherine Boucher at age 25. They
  published a book of Blake's poems and drawings
  called Songs of Innocence.
• Some of his most famous poems include, Loves
  Secret, The School Boy, Infant Sorrow, and The
  Angel.
• Famous Poets and Poems- Read and Enjoy
  Poetry.Web.07 Feb.2011.
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The Tyger

• Tyger Tyger. burning bright,In the forests of
  the nightWhat immortal hand or eye.Could frame
  thy fearful symmetry?In what distant deeps or
  skies.Burnt the fire of thine eyes?On what
  wings dare he aspire?What the hand, dare seize
  the fire?And what shoulder, what art,Could
  twist the sinews of thy heart?And when thy heart
  began to beat.What dread hand? what dread
  feet?

• What the hammer? what the chain,In what
  furnace was thy brain?What the anvil? what dread
  grasp.Dare its deadly terrors clasp?When the
  stars threw down their spearsAnd watered heaven
  with their tearsDid he smile His work to
  see?Did he who made the lamb make thee?Tyger
  Tyger burning bright,In the forests of the
  nightWhat immortal hand or eye,Dare frame thy
  fearful symmetry?

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The Lamb

• Little Lamb, who made theeDoes thou know who
  made theeGave thee life bid thee feed.By the
  stream o'er the meadGave thee clothing of
  delight,Softest clothing woolly brightGave
  thee such a tender voice.Making all the vales
  rejoiceLittle Lamb who made theeDoes thou know
  who made thee

• Little Lamb I'll tell thee,Little Lamb I'll tell
  theeHe is called by thy name,For he calls
  himself a LambHe is meek he is mild,He
  became a little childI a child thou a lamb,We
  are called by His name,Little Lamb God bless
  thee,Little Lamb God bless thee.
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Paraphrase The Poem (The Lamb)

• The poem The Lamb, by William Blake is a
  meditation poem written in 1789. It is about a
  physical object, an animal, but it addresses the
  much grander topics of God and creation. It asks
  rhetorical questions to a lamb in the first half
  and then answers the questions in the second half
  of the poem. The author begins the questions in
  the second voice, Little Lamb, who made thee
  and then ends in the first voice, Little Lamb
  Ill tell thee. It is an inquisitive poem in
  which the author explains how a higher power has
  created something.
• "Reflections on William Blake's "The Lamb"
  Analysis of a Peaceful, Spiritual Poem."
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  om/content/reflections-on-william-blakes-the-lamb-
  a199619gt.

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Paraphrase The Poem (The Tyger)

• An analysis of "The Tyger" must begin with
  Blake's stylized spelling of the word Tyger. This
  spelling makes the reader pause to consider while
  the symbolic protagonist calls forth multiple,
  emotional images. The idea, tiger, creates
  reactions of both awe and terror however, by
  placing his tyger "in the forest" (rather than
  the jungle) Blake both softens the image and
  contributes to the unnatural atmosphere begun by
  the word Tyger. Next, Blake's description of his
  tyger reminds the reader of an artistic
  criticism. The descriptive word symmetry
  (excellence of proportion and regularity of form)
  expands the idea, tiger, to an abstract (like a
  painting) so that when Blake appends the word
  fearful (which has more than a hundred synonyms
  ranging from unearthly and ghoulish to horrible,
  frightful, and aweful) the reader is nearly
  startled by both the beautiful contrast and the
  absolute truth of the description.
• Granted, every word in a poem could be called
  into question and analyzed individually, but the
  remainder of these words can be handled more
  effectively by grouping them into three broader
  categories improbable images, suggested
  allusions, and superimposed figures.
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Diction

• In the Tyger and The Lamb the author uses visual
  language. The language is spelled differently to
  symbolize the characters. For example tiger is
  spelled as Tyger, to show that it is more evil.
  The poem uses vivid words such as fire, evil,
  anvil, and immortal. The only word that has
  another meaning in the poem is the word Tyger to
  show that it was evil. In The lamb one of the
  words that stick out is the word thee. This can
  be in relation to God. Both of these poems are in
  relation to God. The history of the word thee can
  be traced to the Bible.

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Tone

• The Lamb the tone of the poem was very sweet and
  settle, as a lamb. If you did not know what
  typeof animal a lamb was, by the time you
  completed reading Blakes poem you would. You
  would knowthat the lamb is a benign creature
  opposed to a ferociosu one.The tone in The Tyger
  was a little more abtruse. The tone William Blake
  was trying to portraywas not extremely harsh,
  yet still not as gentle as the tone in The Lamb.
  The suspense kind of pickedup in the middle of
  the poem. Then towards the end the suspense in
  some way faded out. The situationthe poem
  depicts is like a tiger moving in on its prey. At
  first everything is calm and settle, then as
  thechase begins the suspense picks up quickly.
  Finally when the tiger does catch the prey, the
  suspensefades out.Yahoo! Answers - Home. Web.
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Mood

• The moods were similar but then again slightly
  different. The mood in The Lamb was more amore
  calm, spiritual mood. It made you relax and just
  invision peace and tranquility. The
  smoothrhythmic pattern was very invigorating.
  The Tygers mood was more suspenseful and
  thoughprovoking. The beat was like a continuous
  loud, harsh drum beat. The beat started out
  steady, in themiddle became more rapid, and then
  again returned to a steady beat.
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Rhetorical Situation

• I believe that the speaker in the poem resembles
  a Sheppard or a farmer. I believe that he is
  talking to the animals and to God testing his
  creation methods. The author wants people to know
  how special these animals truly are and what they
  resemble. The speaker is speaking directly to the
  reader.

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Figurative Language

• Personification is given to the animals in The
  Lamb and The Tyger. In the Lamb its says
• Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest
  clothing, woolly, bright Gave thee such a
  tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice?
• Also there is repetition in both poems for
  example Tyger Tyger and  Little Lamb I'll tell
  thee, Little Lamb I'll tell thee
•  The Tiger, by William Blake Study Guide." Free
  Study Guides for Shakespeare and Other Authors.
  Web. 11 Feb. 2011. lthttp//www.cummingsstudyguides
  .net/Guides2/Tiger.htmlgt.

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Imagery

• The imagery is use throughout the poem to answer
  Blakes question of Why would he who create the
  tiger also create the lamb. In stanza 4 of both
  poems it uses more imagery than the rest, the
  sense of sight and feel.

"The Tiger, by William Blake Study Guide." Free
Study Guides for Shakespeare and Other Authors.
Web. 11 Feb. 2011. lthttp//www.cummingsstudyguides
.net/Guides2/Tiger.htmlgt.
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Sound

• There is repetition in both poems for example
  Tyger Tyger and  Little Lamb I'll tell
  thee, Little Lamb I'll tell thee.

Structure and Rhyme Scheme The poem consists of
six quatrains. (A quatrain is a four-line
stanza.) Each quatrain contains two couplets. (A
couplet is a pair of rhyming lines). Thus we have
a 24-line poem with 12 couplets and 6 stanzasa
neat, balanced package. The question in the final
stanza repeats (except for one word, dare) the
wording of the first stanza, perhaps suggesting
that the question Blake raises will continue to
perplex thinkers ad infinitum.  The Tiger, by
William Blake Study Guide." Free Study Guides
for Shakespeare and Other Authors. Web. 11 Feb.
2011. lthttp//www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides2/
Tiger.htmlgt.
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Sound

• Alliteration Tiger, tiger, burning bright (line
  1)  frame thy fearful symmetry? (line 4) 
• The Tiger, by William Blake Study Guide." Free
  Study Guides for Shakespeare and Other Authors.
  Web. 11 Feb. 2011. lthttp//www.cummingsstudyguides
  .net/Guides2/Tiger.htmlgt.

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Structure of the Poem

• The poem consists of six quatrains. (A quatrain
  is a four-line stanza.) Each quatrain contains
  two couplets. (A couplet is a pair of rhyming
  lines). Thus we have a 24-line poem with 12
  couplets and 6 stanzasa neat, balanced package.
  The question in the final stanza repeats (except
  for one word, dare) the wording of the first
  stanza, perhaps suggesting that the question
  Blake raises will continue to perplex thinkers ad
  infinitum. 
• The Tiger, by William Blake Study Guide." Free
  Study Guides for Shakespeare and Other Authors.
  Web. 11 Feb. 2011. lthttp//www.cummingsstudyguides
  .net/Guides2/Tiger.htmlgt.

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Conclusion/Evaluation

• The author did a great job of creating the mood
  in both poems. The reader was able to clearly see
  the difference in The Tyger and The Lamb. The
  elements that were the strongest were the
  figurative language and metaphors. Yes, some
  metaphors were interesting because it was able to
  explain the poems vividly. The rhyme scheme did a
  great job of helping the reader understand the
  poems.

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Personal Reactions.

• We liked everything about these two poems. After
  reading the poem we clearly understood what roles
  The Tyger and The Lamb played. It gave us a great
  perspective in why God created each animal
  different. It did not relate to us in specific
  way but we clearly understood the message the
  author was trying to make.