Sunday, June 2, 2019

How has Blake depicted the tiger in this poem? :: English Literature

How has Blake depicted the tiger in this poem?At the very start of the poem it is clear in what way Blake wishes to demo the tiger. The first words he uses -Tiger Tiger is an truculent start to the poem thus implying that Blake is trying to putthe tiger across as an in-your-face animal.The next two words, Burning bright give the image of billet and awe.This added to the next two lines,- What immortal hand or eye, couldframe thy fearful counterweight? with words like fearful and immortalreinforces the tigers image of power and strength and its God-likequalities of immortality and omnipotence.The next stanza gives the tiger an almost mythical status, with theline In what distant deeps or skies, burnt the usher out of thine eyes?This gives the reader an image of the tiger being some legendarycreature from the stars, this coupled with the image of the burningeyes adds another degree of god-like power to the creature commandingmore awe and fear.The third stanza gives the reader the im age that it took enormousstrength to Twist the sinews of its heart. The stanza finishes withthe lines What dread hands and what dread feet? conjuring sort ofblatant predilections of dread and extreme fear associated with this mysticalbeast.The fourth stanza reinforces the creation imagery of the previous withthe images of the tigers origin being compared to a blacksmithgiving the idea of the tiger being forged out of metal. In whatfurnace was thy brain? What the anvil? EtcThe penultimate stanza gives the final idea in the poem with thealmost apocalyptic imagery of stars throwing fling off their spearsgiving the tiger an even more awe-inspiring quality. The stanzafinishes with Did he who made the lamb make thee? Which gives theidea of disbelief at the prospect of a creator making a harmlesspleasant creature such as the lamb and a dangerous mighty and awfulcreature like the tiger.b) look for the ways Blake uses imagery and repetition in this poem.The most obvious repetition in th is poem is the Tiger Tigerrepetition. This, as I menti unrivaledd before, gives the poem an aggressivestart and almost sets the scene for the rest of the poem, having thereaders anticipate an almost violent and powerful poem.This line appears in the first stanza and in the final stanza where itis repeated, save for one word. In the final stanza the lines Whatimmortal hand or eye, could frame thy fearful symmetry Are replacedby the line Dare frame thy fearful symmetry. This gives the idea of

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