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The Tyger and The Lamb
By: Giuliano Ascue and Clayton
Williams
Intro.
 The Tyger and The Lamb was written by William
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Blake.
William Blake was born on November 28, 1757 in
London.
Blake married Catherine Boucher at age 25. They
published a book of Blake's poems and drawings
called Songs of Innocence.
Some of his most famous poems include, Love’s
Secret, The School Boy, Infant Sorrow, and The
Angel.
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The Tyger
 Tyger Tyger. burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye.
Could frame thy fearful
symmetry?
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 watered 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
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Little Lamb, who made thee
Does thou know who made
thee
Gave thee life & bid thee feed.
By the stream & 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 & he is mild,
He became a little child
I a child & thou a lamb,
We are called by His name,
Little Lamb God bless thee,
Little Lamb God bless thee.
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Paraphrase The Poem (The Lamb)
 The poem The Lamb, by William Blake is a meditation poem
written in 1789. It is about a physical object, an animal, but it
addresses the much grander topics of God and creation. It asks
rhetorical questions to a lamb in the first half and then answers
the questions in the second half of the poem. The author begins
the questions in the second voice, “Little Lamb, who made thee”
and then ends in the first voice, “Little Lamb I’ll tell thee.” It is an
inquisitive poem in which the author explains how a higher
power has created something.
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Paraphrase The Poem (The Tyger)
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An analysis of "The Tyger" must begin with Blake's stylized spelling of the
word Tyger. This spelling makes the reader pause to consider while the
symbolic protagonist calls forth multiple, emotional images. The idea,
tiger, creates reactions of both awe and terror; however, by placing his
tyger "in the forest" (rather than the jungle) Blake both softens the image
and contributes to the unnatural atmosphere begun by the word Tyger.
Next, Blake's description of his tyger reminds the reader of an artistic
criticism. The descriptive word symmetry (excellence of proportion and
regularity of form) expands the idea, tiger, to an abstract (like a painting)
so that when Blake appends the word fearful (which has more than a
hundred synonyms ranging from unearthly and ghoulish to horrible,
frightful, and aweful) the reader is nearly startled by both the beautiful
contrast and the absolute truth of the description.
Granted, every word in a poem could be called into question and analyzed
individually, but the remainder of these words can be handled more
effectively by grouping them into three broader categories: improbable
images, suggested allusions, and superimposed figures.
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Diction
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In the Tyger and The Lamb the author uses visual language. The language
is spelled differently to symbolize the characters. For example tiger is
spelled as Tyger, to show that it is more evil. The poem uses vivid words
such as fire, evil, anvil, and immortal. The only word that has another
meaning in the poem is the word Tyger to show that it was evil. In The
lamb one of the words that stick out is the word thee. This can be in
relation to God. Both of these poems are in relation to God. The history of
the word thee can be traced to the Bible.
Tone
The Lamb the tone of the poem was very sweet and settle, as a
lamb. If you did not know what type
of animal a lamb was, by the time you completed reading
Blake’s poem you would. You would know
that the lamb is a benign creature opposed to a ferociosu
one.The tone in The Tyger was a little more abtruse. The
tone William Blake was trying to portray
was not extremely harsh, yet still not as gentle as the tone in
The Lamb. The suspense kind of picked
up in the middle of the poem. Then towards the end the
suspense in some way faded out. The situation
the poem depicts is like a tiger moving in on its prey. At first
everything is calm and settle, then as the
chase begins the suspense picks up quickly. Finally when
the tiger does catch the prey, the suspense
fades out.
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Mood
 The moods were similar but then again slightly
different. The mood in The Lamb was more a
more calm, spiritual mood. It made you relax and just
invision peace and tranquility. The smooth
rhythmic pattern was very invigorating. The Tyger’s
mood was more suspenseful and though
provoking. The beat was like a continuous loud,
harsh drum beat. The beat started out steady, in the
middle became more rapid, and then again returned
to a steady beat.
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Rhetorical Situation
 I believe that the speaker in the poem resembles a Sheppard or a
farmer. I believe that he is talking to the animals and to God testing his
creation methods. The author wants people to know how special these
animals truly are and what they resemble. The speaker is speaking
directly to the reader.
Figurative Language
 Personification is given to the animals in The Lamb and The Tyger. In
the Lamb its says
 “Gave thee clothing of delight,
Softest clothing, woolly, bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the vales rejoice?”
 Also there is repetition in both poems for example “Tyger Tyger
”
and Little Lamb I'll tell thee,
Little Lamb I'll tell thee:
 The Tiger, by William Blake: Study Guide." Free Study Guides for
Shakespeare and Other Authors. Web. 11 Feb. 2011.
<http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides2/Tiger.html>.
Imagery
 The imagery is use throughout the poem to
answer Blake’s question of “Why would he
who create the tiger also create the lamb”. In
stanza 4 of both poems it uses more imagery
than the rest, the sense of sight and feel.
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Sound
 There is repetition in both poems for example
“Tyger Tyger” and Little Lamb I'll tell thee,
Little Lamb I'll tell thee.
Structure and Rhyme Scheme
The poem consists of six quatrains. (A quatrain is a four-line stanza.)
Each quatrain contains two couplets. (A couplet is a pair of rhyming
lines). Thus we have a 24-line poem with 12 couplets and 6 stanzas–
a neat, balanced package. The question in the final stanza repeats
(except for one word, dare) the wording of the first stanza, perhaps
suggesting that the question Blake raises will continue to perplex
thinkers ad infinitum.
The Tiger, by William Blake: Study Guide." Free Study Guides for
Shakespeare and Other Authors. Web. 11 Feb. 2011.
<http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides2/Tiger.html>.
Sound
 Alliteration: Tiger, tiger, burning bright (line
1); frame thy fearful symmetry? (line 4)
 The Tiger, by William Blake: Study Guide." Free Study Guides
for Shakespeare and Other Authors. Web. 11 Feb. 2011.
<http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides2/Tiger.html>.
Structure of the Poem
 The poem consists of six quatrains. (A quatrain is a
four-line stanza.) Each quatrain contains two
couplets. (A couplet is a pair of rhyming lines). Thus
we have a 24-line poem with 12 couplets and 6
stanzas–a neat, balanced package. The question in
the final stanza repeats (except for one word, dare)
the wording of the first stanza, perhaps suggesting
that the question Blake raises will continue to perplex
thinkers ad infinitum.
 The Tiger, by William Blake: Study Guide." Free Study Guides
for Shakespeare and Other Authors. Web. 11 Feb. 2011.
<http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides2/Tiger.html>.
Conclusion/Evaluation
 The author did a great job of creating the mood in both poems. The
reader was able to clearly see the difference in The Tyger and The
Lamb. The elements that were the strongest were the figurative
language and metaphors. Yes, some metaphors were interesting
because it was able to explain the poems vividly. The rhyme scheme
did a great job of helping the reader understand the poems.
Personal Reactions.
 We liked everything about these two poems. After reading the poem we
clearly understood what roles The Tyger and The Lamb played. It gave
us a great perspective in why God created each animal different. It did
not relate to us in specific way but we clearly understood the message
the author was trying to make.