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The Tyger (B)
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Matric English (Poetry) Mind Map on The Tyger (B), created by field.sophie on 09/10/2014.
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The Tyger (B)
Each subsequent stanza contains further questions
All refining the first original question
Each string of questions contribute to single, central idea
Form
6 quatrains in rhymed couplets
Regular, rhythmic couplets
Hammering beat
Suggests creator as blacksmith
Simple, neat proportions
Perfectly suit regular structure
Opening question
Single dramatic gesture of poem
Each subsequent stanza elaborated on it
Repetition of "dare" replacing "could"
Aspiration, (subtle) challenging, willfulness
Stanza 5
Reference to lamb
Lamb & tiger have same creator
What does this mean?
Blake's 'The Lamb'
Child's innocent faith in a good-natured universe
Consists of unanswered questions
Poet leaves us in awe of God's power & questions of divine will
Sense of urgency as poem progresses
"What the hammer? what the chain?" (13)
"What the anvil? what dread grasp" (15)
Poetic devices:
Metaphor
Blacksmith metaphor for God
Tiger metaphor for capacity for evil in world
Lamb metaphor for goodness & purity in world
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