The poem "The Tyger"?

Question

I have to write 5 dialectical for this poem, I think I get the jist of it. where they are asking if god or satan is the creator of the tiger.

I just would like someone to explain it more (or correct me) and point out some important quotes of the poem.

I'm really not looking to cheat, just some help

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright

In the forests of the night,

What 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 sieze 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 spears,

And watered heaven with their tears,

Did he smile his work to see?

Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

Answer 1

hmmmm we studied that poem in school once... is it robert frost?

Answer 2

this poem once again brings to attention the opposition of good and evil in the form of something beautiful.i.e the tyger. blake says " in what distant deeps or skies" meaning heaven or h**l, and he also says "did he who made the lamb make thee?" meaning could the creator of heaven and the lamb, a peaceful creature, make th tyger, of opposite sorts? you are on the right track, but try to TPCASTT it, meaning

T-title

P-paraphrase it

C-canotation

A-attitude of poem

S-symbolism

T-tone

T-title again

doing TPCASTT helps you explore the poem a little more deeply. you can use it on any poem. hope i helped!

Answer 3

When you read this poem it is worth remembering that William Blake had probably never seen a real tiger. There were no zoos in London in 1794. Blake gives us half a clue that he is not talking about a real tiger by calling his animal a Tyger (the spelling was already unusual in Blake's time).

In children's books, and in religious sermons, of the time the tiger was used as a symbol of pitilessness (much as we say 'hungry as a hog' / 'stubborn as a donkey' in modern English). In the poem Blake is probably asking why a kind God would make an animal as cruel as the tiger.

In all the Songs of Experience, Blake is interested in how God can sometimes be cruel to be kind. (Blake was a strong believer - though his beliefs were unorthodox). But in this poem Blake doesn't try to explain why God made the tiger so cruel - he wants us to think about this for ourselves.

One of the most famous couplets in this poem is:

When the stars threw down their spears,

And watered heaven with their tears,

Nobody actually knows what Blake is talking about in these lines. Blake refers to the stars throwing down their spears twice in his work, but nobody has ever explained when this was.

It sounds really wonderful - but nobody can explain what it means. Maybe Blake is having a laugh at us.

Answer 4

hi there

no the poem was actually written by 'robert blake' and is taken from his collection of poems  called 'songs of experience' he had also written another poem something similar to this which deals with the innocence and purity of childhood in contrast to the adult life. the poem was titled ' the lamb'

the poet describes the beautiful skin of the tyger glowing brightly in the dark forest of the night. you can see a picture of the contrast he presents before you. sinceyou said u dont want to cheat so i'll just give u an idea as to what hes talking about. the poem has a double meaning to it, the first just stressing upon the tyger as a fierce creature and the next as a symbol of all the experience in life. you must be knowing how the tiger is considered as a king of the forest , so the poet then goes about asking as to who had creatured such an awe inspiring creature, that is an embodiment of beauty and wrath. its basicaly a combination of the two. such a creature couldnt be created by anyone other than God.

in the next pg the poet compares the working of the creator on the tyger to the working of an ironsmith working in his workshop.the tyger is indeed a fierce creature, this gets him wondering how strong the chains must be to keep this fierce creature under contol?

the next stanza deals with the intensity and dynamism of the creature.its got so much of strength and power that it actually make the heavens cry. the creation of such a fierce creature by the same creator who had created a timid and a gentle creature as the lamb sets the poet wondering on Gods compassion and wrath. its like two extremes.

well thats all it is about. i did it many yrs ago. ive just given u a rough idea as to what its about. hope it helps u.