WILLIAM BLAKE

THE TYGER

Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetr

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 water’d 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?

THE LAMB

Little lamb, who made thee?
Does thou know who made thee,
Gave thee life, and bid thee feed
By the stream and o'er the mead;
Gave thee clothing of delight,
Softest clothing, woolly, bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the vales rejoice?
Little lamb, who made thee?
Does thou know who made thee?

Little lamb, I'll tell thee;
Little lamb, I'll tell thee:
He is called by thy name,
For He calls Himself a Lamb.
He is meek, and He is mild,
He became a little child.
I a child, and thou a lamb,
We are called by His name.
Little lamb, God bless thee!
Little lamb, God bless thee

LITERARY DEVICES

STRUCTURE

• Six quatrains in ryhmed couplets
• The meter is regular and rhythmic
• "The Lamb" has two stanzas, each containing five ryhmed couplets
• Repetition in the first and last couplet of each stanza makes lines into refrain.
• Repetition helps give poem song-like quality.

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• Stanza: group of lines arranged together
• Couplets: pair of lines of verse that rhyme
• Quatrain: stanza of four lines
• Meter: rythm established in poem
• Rhyme: words agreeing in sound together

ALLITERATION

• (Use of words that begin with the same sound)
• Example: "Little Lamb"

ASSONANCE

• (Repetition of vowel)
• Example: "Dost thou know who"

REFRAIN

• (Part of poem that is repeated)
• Examples:
• "Little lamb who made thee"
• "Little lamb God bless thee"
• "Tiger, tiger burining bright.. Fearful symmetry."

IMAGERY

• (Visual descriptive or figurative language)
• Those presented as visual arts in his poems
• Examples: streams, skies, hammer, fire

SYMBOL

• (Thing that represents something else)
• Examples:
• Lamb=Peace
• Tiger=Violence