Table of Contents
- 1 Who is the he the speaker is referring to in The Tyger?
- 2 What is the main theme in The Tyger?
- 3 What does the speaker mean by fearful symmetry in The Tyger?
- 4 What is the attitude of the poem The Tyger?
- 5 What was Blake’s attitude to the Tiger in the Tyger?
- 6 Why does the Tiger believe in its own power?
Who is the he the speaker is referring to in The Tyger?
SPEAKER/VOICE The speaker of the poem, who is likely Blake himself, is talking directly to the tiger, asking the question of how he was created. He is in awe of the tiger’s beauty, but also quite afraid of his power and ferociousness.
What is the main theme in The Tyger?
The main theme of William Blake’s poem “The Tyger” is creation and origin. The speaker is in awe of the fearsome qualities and raw beauty of the tiger, and he rhetorically wonders whether the same creator could have also made “the Lamb” (a reference to another of Blake’s poems).
What is the tone of The Tyger by William Blake?
The tone of William Blake’s “The Tyger” moves from awe, to fear, to irreverent accusation, to resigned curiosity. In the first eleven lines of the poem, readers can sense the awe that the speaker of the poem holds for the tiger as a work of creation.
What is the tone of The Tyger?
What does the speaker mean by fearful symmetry in The Tyger?
In “The Tyger,” the phrase fearful symmetry refers to the contradictory qualities that the tiger has. It is a beautiful creature with a vicious nature. This combination of good and bad qualities make a paradoxical balance which Blake describes as fearful symmetry.
What is the attitude of the poem The Tyger?
In what ways does the speaker in The Tyger differ from the speaker in the lamb?
When both poems utilize apostrophe, “The Lamb” employs a child speaker with his simple vocabulary, which sets an innocent and truthful tone, while “The Tyger” utilizes an adult speaker with his complex vocabulary, which sets a dark and reflective tone.
What is the mood of the poem The Tyger?
What was Blake’s attitude to the Tiger in the Tyger?
The speaker’s attitude toward the tiger can best be described as — awed The imagery used in “The Tyger” suggests that the tiger could be a force of enlightenment The speaker in “The Tyger” is an adult In Blake’s poem “The Tyger,” “the forests of the night” most clearly suggest the chaos and confusion of living.
Why does the Tiger believe in its own power?
The tiger has grounds and fury for believing in its own power. The tiger can be described as being close to our psychological view of ego. It is the part of us who believe in their own strength, in their own vision.
How is the Tiger a moral problem in songs of innocence?
Yet the tiger is only a moral problem for those who are limited by such a perspective. The creator of the tiger is the product of the ‘mind fetters’ which enchain the human being. In this reading, therefore, the poem is primarily about the attitude of the narrator, rather than the apparent subject matter.
What does the Tiger symbolize in the Tyger?
The speaker in “The Tyger” imagines the creature as having been made in a — blacksmith’s forge In the fourth stanza of “The Tyger,” the creation of the tiger is associated with ironworking. In “The Tyger” the stars probably symbolize —