... eyes", where burnt could mean to forge from fire. The fifth stanza most clearly leads the reader to believe that there is a Christian background and basis of Blake's poem. Line three and four most closely relates the word "he" to God by asking, "did he who made the Lamb ... Satan rebelled against God. The reader gets a feeling that there may have been some remorse for creating the "Tyger" (evil). Blake concludes by questioning the existence of the "Tyger", and ties into the divinity of the creator. Instead of questioning the ability of the creator, Blake is ... the creator to contain the ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... the darker imagery to follow. The vivid words of Blake's poem are put to work as underlying themes in "The Child by Tiger," including images of darkness, shadows, fear, and the fire-like burn of the tiger's eye that haunts the rest of the plot. It is in this imagery that perhaps Wolfe ... shadows emerge as crucial themes, once again drawing their power from the introductory stanza from "Tiger." All information held from the reader is purposefully concealed or blurred by darkness, suggesting a shadow over human nature. Thus develops the author's lasting theme. The events that follow in the...

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... herself into a wood in the pitch of night, with this particular creature, creates the oppressing and fear-inducing tone for the rest of the piece. Blake concludes his first stanza by asking "What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?- (3-4). Here, Blake begins to address creation and associate it with the Gods. The very word "immortal- signifies a power beyond ... was once an angel serving God in Heaven. However, Satan grew jealous of God's power and longed to share in His glory. Thus, Blake makes mention of this story by taking the "fire- in the Tyger's eyes, attributi...

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• Grade Level: High School

... as if awestruck, on the origins of the Tyger. He asks: "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" wondering where in the universe could the Tyger's eyes have been created and who dared handle that ... fire. "And what shoulder, & what art, / Could twist the sinews of thy heart," questions the speaker, pondering what kind of physical ... Blake writes: "Did he who made the Lamb make thee?" asking incredulously if it was the same God who created the innocence of human nature, represented by the Lamb, w...

• Word Count: 671
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School