... to his choice usage of "burning- - fire - and "bright- - obviously signifying a high degree of light. Even at this early stage of the poem, Blake is making it abundantly clear that he wishes the Tyger to take on a menacing and, fundamentally, evil fazade. The reader can ascertain this idea from ... the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain?- (13-14). Here, the reader is lead to incorporate more Greek mythology into the analysis of the poem. The "hammer- and "chain- should both invoke the idea of a blacksmith, as both of these tools are used frequently in metalwork. The bl...

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