Tyger Flashcards

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Message

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Questions God’s benevolence. How can God make animals simply just to be prey and possibly i wider commentary on the divide between rich and poor.

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Language features

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  • metaphors
  • Vivid imagery
  • rhetorical questions
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Metaphors

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used to articulate his difficult ideas to the general public

’ Tyger,Tyger burning bright’ - Use of tigers to represent god because tigers are the ‘Kings’ of the jungle
-“ burnt the fire in thine eyes” fire represents malevolence and evil

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Vivid imagery

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To show the reader the cruelty of God for making good and evil/ prey and predators co exist

  • ## ‘Tyger , Tyger burning bright’ light is often linked to religious imagery and God and ‘Goodliness’
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‘Did he who made the Lamb make thee?’

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questions how the same God could make both the strong fearsome tiger and a weak, defenseless lamb

rhetorical question. critical tone

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Structure

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  • iconoclastic
  • regular 4 line stanzas
  • critical tone
  • rhyming
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4 line stanza

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written like a hymn whilst questioning god. ironic.

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Iconoclastic

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Questioning/attacking god

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questions

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Critical tone of poem

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‘immortal hand or eye’

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God

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Themes

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  • God
  • good vs evil
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alliteration

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“burning bright”

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assonance

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” dare its deadly” emphasises its danger but its so beautiful he cant help but look closer

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