Tyger Flashcards
Message
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.
Language features
- metaphors
- Vivid imagery
- rhetorical questions
Metaphors
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
Vivid imagery
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’
‘Did he who made the Lamb make thee?’
questions how the same God could make both the strong fearsome tiger and a weak, defenseless lamb
rhetorical question. critical tone
Structure
- iconoclastic
- regular 4 line stanzas
- critical tone
- rhyming
4 line stanza
written like a hymn whilst questioning god. ironic.
Iconoclastic
Questioning/attacking god
questions
Critical tone of poem
‘immortal hand or eye’
God
Themes
- God
- good vs evil
alliteration
“burning bright”
assonance
” dare its deadly” emphasises its danger but its so beautiful he cant help but look closer