Tyger
"The Tyger" Ana Melching 5-8-99Does god create both gentle and fearful creatures? If he does what right does he have? Both of these rhetorical questions are asked by William Blake in his poem "The Tyger." The poem takes the reader on a journey of faith, questioning god and his nature. The poem completes a cycle of questioning the creator of the tyger, discussing how it could have been created, and then returns to questioning the creator again. Both questions about the tyger's creator are left unanswered. William Blake uses rhythm, rhyme, and poetic devices to create a unique effect and to parallel his theme in his work "The Tyger." William Blake's choice of rhythm is important to his poem "The Tyger" because it parallels the theme of the poem, that the tyger may have been made by god or another harsher creator. Most of the poem is written in trochaic tetrameter as can be seen in line three, when Blake says, "What immortal hand or eye." This rhythm is very harsh sounding, exemplifying the very nature o
By beginning and ending his poem with the same quatrain he asks the question about god creating evil as well as good, again. This can be seen in line twenty when he says "Did he who made the lamb make thee?" This line sounds soft and pleasing to the ears. William Blake uses euphony, which is a smooth sounding group of words, to show the gentle nature of god and to wonder if he created the tyger. By doing this he leaves his readers wondering, "Is there really an answer?". " Iambic tetrameter has a much softer sounding beat than does trochaic tetrameter. Some of the lines in the poem were written in iambic tetrameter, such as in line ten, when Blake says, "Could twist the sinews of thy heart? . William Blake's choice of poetic devices greatly affect his work "The Tyger. William Blake never answers his question about the unknown nature of god. " This line sounds unpleasant and harsh to the ears. He leaves it up to the reader to decide. " The entire poem is written in couplets. William Blake uses alliteration and assonance to make his words seem harsh or soft. This helps to create a unique symmetry and to parallel the "fearful symmetry" of a tyger. He uses alliteration, which is the repetition of identical consonants to make his words seem harsh as in "distant deeps" or "dare the deadly.
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