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    The poem "The Tyger" by William Blake questions who could have created such a beautiful yet fearsome creature as the tiger. Through a series of rhetorical questions, the poet ponders who framed the tiger's "fearful symmetry" and twisted its sinews. The poem suggests that the same divine creator who made the gentle lamb also made the ferocious tiger, leaving the reader wondering at the complexity of God's creation.

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    The poem "The Tyger" by William Blake questions who could have created such a beautiful yet fearsome creature as the tiger. Through a series of rhetorical questions, the poet ponders who framed the tiger's "fearful symmetry" and twisted its sinews. The poem suggests that the same divine creator who made the gentle lamb also made the ferocious tiger, leaving the reader wondering at the complexity of God's creation.

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    The poem "The Tyger" by William Blake questions who could have created such a beautiful yet fearsome creature as the tiger. Through a series of rhetorical questions, the poet ponders who framed the tiger's "fearful symmetry" and twisted its sinews. The poem suggests that the same divine creator who made the gentle lamb also made the ferocious tiger, leaving the reader wondering at the complexity of God's creation.

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    Poetry The Tyger

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    Maiz Neto
    The poem "The Tyger" by William Blake questions who could have created such a beautiful yet fearsome creature as the tiger. Through a series of rhetorical questions, the poet ponders who framed the tiger's "fearful symmetry" and twisted its sinews. The poem suggests that the same divine creator who made the gentle lamb also made the ferocious tiger, leaving the reader wondering at the complexity of God's creation.

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    The poem is about a tiger and the poet questioning who could have created such a beautiful but fearsome creature.

    The poem is about a tiger. The poet is questioning who could have created such a beautiful but fearsome creature.

    The poet is questioning who could have created such a beautiful but fearsome creature as the tiger.

    The Tyger

    By William Blake
    Tyger Tyger, burning bright, What the hammer? what the chain,

    In the forests of the night; In what furnace was thy brain?

    What immortal hand or eye, What the anvil? what dread grasp,

    Could frame thy fearful symmetry? Dare its deadly terrors clasp!

    In what distant deeps or skies. When the stars threw down their spears

    Burnt the fire of thine eyes? And water’d heaven with their tears:

    On what wings dare he aspire? Did he smile his work to see?

    What the hand, dare seize the fire? Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

    And what shoulder, & what art, Tyger Tyger burning bright,

    Could twist the sinews of thy heart? In the forests of the night:

    And when thy heart began to beat, What immortal hand or eye,

    What dread hand? & what dread feet? Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

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    The Tyger By William Blake

    Questions
    1. Look at verse 1 of the poem. Find and copy one word meaning ‘to live forever’ V
    

    2. In the poem, where can the tiger be found?  R


    

    3. In your own words, what is the poem about?  S


    
    

    4. In verse 4, Blake suggests that the tiger is made by… I


    Tick one.

    a sculptor

    a painter

    a blacksmith

    a carpenter

    5. Circle the correct option to complete the sentence below.


    A
    The poet uses ‘burning bright’ when referring to…

    the sun the forest the tiger

    6. Is this a modern poem? Explain your answer. 


    C
    
    

    7. Write down two examples of alliteration form the poem?  V


    
    

    8. In verse 5, the poet writes ‘Did he who made the lamb make thee?’ A
    Who is the ‘he’ the poet is referring to?
    

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    The Tyger By William Blake

    Answers
    1. Look at verse 1 of the poem. Find and copy one word meaning ‘to live forever’
    immortal

    2. In the poem, where can the tiger be found? 


    in the forests (of the night)

    3. In your own words, what is the poem about? 

    The poem is about a tiger. The poet is questioning who could have created such a
    beautiful but fearsome creature.

    4. In verse 4, Blake suggests that the tiger is made by…


    Tick one.

    a sculptor

    a painter

    a blacksmith

    a carpenter

    5. Circle the correct option to complete the sentence below.


    The poet uses ‘burning bright’ when referring to…

    the sun the forest the tiger

    6. Is this a modern poem? Explain your answer. 

    This isn’t a modern poem because it uses words that aren’t used today such as ‘thee’,
    ‘thy’ and ‘thine’

    7. Write down two examples of alliteration form the poem? 

    Examples may include: ‘Tyger, Tyger’, ‘burning bright’, frame thy fearful’, ‘distant
    deeps’, ‘began to beat’, ‘on what wings’.

    8. In verse 5, the poet writes ‘Did he who made the lamb make thee?’
    Who is the ‘he’ the poet is referring to?
    This is a reference to God.

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