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The Tyger

ENGL 202 Creaturely Lives: The Animal in Literature William Blake's The Tyger Presentation Nick Umfleet Alaina Donovan John Curto . The Tyger. The Tyger By: William Blake. Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye

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The Tyger

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  1. ENGL 202 Creaturely Lives: The Animal in Literature William Blake's The Tyger Presentation Nick Umfleet Alaina Donovan John Curto The Tyger

  2. The TygerBy: William Blake 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 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 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?

  3. Stanza 1 Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? • At the beginning of the poem it starts off with a chant Tyger! Tyger! Which creates a sense of mysterious. • The line, “In the forest of the night”, creates an actual setting for the reader of the poem • The use of “fearful symmetry” adds to the mystery of the poem. • In the first few lines of the poem, you begin to understand who the poem is directed towards and who is speaking.

  4. Stanza 2 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? • The author reuses the metaphor of burning that he used in the first stanza which also adds to the power of the image. • When the poem asks “On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire?”, you have to wonder who the “He” is. The use of “wings” and “the hand” gave us the impression that the author was referring to God. • These lines are essentially asking where the tiger was created which adds to the image that the reader has.

  5. Stanza 3 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? • This stanza continues to question about where the tiger came from and who the creator of the tiger could be. • The use of “what art” refers to the skill it would take to create such an amazing animal. • Lines 11 and 12 of stanza 3 are extremely vague which contributes to the mysteriousness of the poem.

  6. Stanza 4 What the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? • The lines in stanza 4 further question how the tiger was created. • The rhythm in this stanza brings back the chant like feel that was also in stanza 1. • We also get the sense that the pace and volume is picking up, since the questions are now coming faster and the author uses his first exclamation point.

  7. Stanza 5 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? • The "Lamb" is a traditional Christian symbol for Jesus Christ who was made by God. • These lines focus on christianity more so than the other lines in the poem. • They bring back the idea that god is the creator the author is speaking of by their use of “He”, which was also used previously.

  8. Stanza 6 Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? • Instead of questioning the ability of the creator, the author questions his nerve. The author seems to challenge the courage of whatever/whoever tried or tries to contain the big, powerful, mysteriousness of the Tyger. • The last stanza is almost an exact replicate of the first stanza except for one word where could was changed to dare. • Again the author uses his chant like rhythm.

  9. Narrative Movement • The author is the only person talking throughout the poem. • He is directaly questioning the tiger. • The author of the poem, William Blake continues to question the tiger about his existence.

  10. Questions • Who do you think the author refers to as “He” in the poem? Is it the artist? Is it God? A god? You?! • What is the significance of the one-word change from the first to last stanza of the poem? • What is the Tyger or what does it represent? Is it the artist’s creation? Is it inspiration?

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