THE TYGER

Question 1

Summarise the poem

Answer 1

• The poet adresses the tiger
• He seeks to find out what divine purpose it serves.

Question 2

Describe the structure of the poem

Answer 2

• AABB AABB (Rhyming couplets)
• 6 quatrains
• Interrogative Structure
• Parallelism
• Trochaic tretrameter
• Rhythmic pattern creates a sense of momentum and intensity as the poem progresses.

Question 3

The problem of evil

Answer 3

the question of how to reconcile the existence of evil and suffering with an omnipotence (all-powerfulness), omniscience (all-knowingness), and omnibenevolence (all-goodness). God.

Question 4

What is Aesthetics?

Answer 4

A branch of philosophy that deals with the nature, appreciation, and criticism of beauty, art, and taste.

Question 5

Symbolic interpretations of “The Tyger”

Answer 5

1. The problem of evil
2. The role and limitations of the artist in portraying untamable materials of the imagination. Whether there are things that cannot be framed by artist themselves and are beyond the limitations of artistic depiction,
3. An uncomfortable confrontation with the evil brutality that can similarly exist in man and fears around this recognition.
4. The tiger is emblematic of the industrial revolution and the technological achievements of man which often move out of control.