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The Lamb
&
The Tyger
By:
William Blake
Megan Thiele
Heather Maddox
Rachael Brucks
Introduction
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http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/
William Blake was born on
November 28, 1757 in London,
England. He then died on
August 12, 1827.
He was inspired by religious
visions. English poet, painter,
engraver, and visionary. He was
trained as an engraver by
James Basire and afterward
attended classes at the Royal
Academy. He then published
his own works on etchings.
Throughout his life he survived
on small commissions, never
gaining much attention from
the London art world. He had a
profound influence on
Romanticism as a literary
movement.
“The Lamb”
By: William Blake
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Little Lamb who made thee
Dost 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 wooly bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the vales rejoice:
Little Lamb who made thee
Dost 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.
Paraphrase of “The Lamb”
“Little lamb that made me
Don’t you know who made me
Gave me life and fed me,
By the stream and in the field;
Gave me clothing I like,
Softest clothing of wooly bright;
Gave me a soft tender voice,
Making the land rejoice:
Little lamb who made me
Don’t you know who made me
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Little lamb I’ll tell you,
Little lamb I’ll tell you:
He is called by name,
For he calls himself a lamb;
He is patient and he is gentle,
He became a little child;
I am the child and he is the lamb,
For we are all the same.
Little lamb God bless you.
Little lamb God bless you.
http://quotations.about.com/cs/poemlyrics/a/The_Lamb.htm
Rhyme Scheme
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost 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?
Dost 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!
AA BB CC DD AA AA EF
GG FE AA
rhymes "thee" with itself four
times and mostly sticks to
single syllables, like "feed"
and "mead," "mild" and
"child." Blake throws us only
the slightest of curveballs
with the slant rhyme between
"name" and "Lamb."
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost 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?
Dost 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!
“The Lamb” has two stanza’s
and both have 10 lines. The first
and last two lines of each stanza
are repeated, like the chorus of
the song. These lines each have
six beats and they serve as
bookends to the other six lines,
which mainly have seven beats.
Tone & Mood of “The Lamb”
William Blake conveys the
soft tender voice of God
talking to a little child of
his. The little child asks if
he is a child a God and
God answers him kindly,
portraying a very
emotional soft hearted
atmosphere.
 There is no irony about
what the child asks and
what God answers.
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http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/blake/section1.html
There is no contradiction
between the soft tone
God uses to answer the
child’s question or
between the meaning
and the tone.
 William Blake intended to
inspire and touch the
reader in an emotional
way
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Rhetorical Situation
 William
Blake is making God the speaker
of the poem. God is speaking to a little
child trying to find faith.
 Blake uses this situation as if God is
speaking to every person who reads this
poem, making the reader the little child.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=172926
Figurative Language
 William
Blake uses personification in this
poem to make the “lamb” and another
“lamb” talk, but really the “lamb” is not
speaking, it is God and a little child.
Imagery of “The Lamb”
 William
Blake uses a calm quite to portray
the voice of God. He uses the sense of
smell and touch to help create a quite
peaceful atmosphere.
 He uses the “lamb” as a symbol of God.
A lamb is a general symbol of God that
helps sooth people when feared.
I liked that the poem had a
rhyme scheme that was easy
to follow. After reading the
poem, it would be hard not to
be inspired. It gave me a new
perspective on life.
William Blake uses words such as,
rejoice and delight to create a joyful
and spirited mood. The poem is
peaceful. The strongest aspect of the
poem is that the first stanza ask a
question and the second stanza
answers it. Blake uses an object, a
lamb, to discuss a much bigger thing,
God.
The Rhyme scheme is extremely
easy to follow and understand
making it easy to interpret the poem.
The Tyger
By: William Blake
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 sieze 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?
Original
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 sieze 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?
Paraphrase
Tiger! Tiger! You’re so fierce.
In the dark forest, who could have
made a more fearful beast. What
distant fire compares to the burning
eye of the Tiger? Where did they
come
from? Did they come from hell?
What blacksmith could make such art.
Who could make a such
hardheartedness beast that kills its
prey?
Original
Paraphrase
What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread
grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
What hammer or chain was used?
Who made this fearsome beast?
Did it derive from an evil hot
place?
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?
When everything is done and tears
are shed, Did he like his work? He
who made such a fearsome tiger
created the delicate lamb as
well?
Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright in the
forest, Did God or human dare to
make a fearful tiger?
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 sieze the fire?
And what shoulder, & what art.
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
Alliteration:
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet? Tiger, tiger, burning bright
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?
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
Anaphora:
What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
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 sieze 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 24- line poem has six quatrains.
Each of the quatrains contains two
couplets. Most of the lines contain
seven syllables, which alternate
between stressed and unstressed.
Also, there are some eight- syllable
lines, which create an extra emphasis.
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The Lamb and The
Tyger are informal,
abstract, vague,
and obsolete.
Both poem creates
vivid expressions to
help you visualize
the story.
http://www.helium.com/items/656373-poetry-analysis-the-tyger-by-william-blake
The mood of the poem is fierce
and questionable. It explains
how fierce the tiger is, but it
constantly questions who is
the maker. The narrator
wonders if the tiger was
made by a human or some
unknown source, like God.
This kind of explains why tiger
is spelled with a “y” instead of
a “i”.
http://www.shmoop.com/tyger/symbolism-imagery.html
Imagery and Symbolism
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The title of the poem, The Tyger, symbolizes
the artistic creation of the beast.
In line 7, the use of wings shows the
creativity used to make the tiger. It was the
power to “dare” to make the task of the
tiger.
The hammer, chain, and furnace used to
make the tiger add onto to the fierceness of
the tiger. It symbolizes the fierce,
hardheartedness of the tiger.
“The Tyger” helps you imagine power.
“Burning bright in the forest of the night”, this
tries to make you visualize a strong tiger.
The poem asks how can a man that
created a fragile lamb also create a
fearsome tiger.
•http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/poets/poems/tyger_ex.htm
Rhetorical Situation
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An outside person is
speaking. They are asking
the same question, “who
created you”, but in
different forms. All of the
question are being asked
to the tiger or God. They
want to know who created
this fearsome beast.
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As a reader, we are
listening to the speaker talk
to the tiger and we hear
his own thoughts
•http://www.pathguy.com/tyger.htm
Blake uses an easy and
catchy rhyme scheme to help
better understand the meaning
of the poem. The poem
showed me that no one really
knows what their place in the
world is going to be.
Blake repeats the same question
from the first stanza in the last
stanza to keep the reader
thinking. He doesn’t use any
metaphors in his poem but he
does use symbols, which let’s the
reader try to figure the poem out.