They tyger Flashcards
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Tyger, Tyger,
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Caesura and repetition, it emphasises the title and aim of the poem, creates a brisk pace- reflecting tigers movement
2
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Burning bright
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Alliteration, illudes to the orange pattern of the tigers coat- colour of fire, sire can be deadly just like the tiger
3
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On what wings dare he aspire?
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Rhetorical questions: implies created might be satan not God, satan was an angel who was expelled from heaven
4
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What ‘dread’ hand? & what dread feet?
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Repetition- hwievern created the tighter mist be an intimidating force
5
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Stars threw down their spears
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Literacy allusion/ reference to John Milton’s ‘paradise lost’- angels rebelled against God eventually threw down their spears, including archangel Satan: they eventually surrendered to God
