“The Tyger” is one of the most famous works by William Blake. It is a great poem‚ which clearly shows the reader the way in which poetic devices and sound and rhythm affect the meaning of a poem. William Blake questions the nature of God‚ and faith. He asks two important rhetorical questions in the poem. Does God create both good and evil? If so what right does God have to do this? The poem is a cycle of questioning the creator of the tyger‚ discussing how it could have been created‚ and back to
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poets write poems that depict Death as a spine-chilling inevitable end‚ others hold respect for this natural occurrence. In Emily Dickinson’s poem “Because I could not stop for Death”‚ diction and personification is utilized to demonstrate the speaker’s cordial friendship with Death. Dickinson uses exemplar diction to stress the calm and comfortable atmosphere the speaker is in when Death is present. The reader comes to understand that the speaker holds no fear of Death‚ rather‚ great respect for
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the poem of "The Tyger." Blake continues the theme of perfect creation‚ although in this setting‚ it is a representation of the force of death‚ an "anti- lamb" expression of being in the world. Blake does not judge the tyger as a force that has to be obliterated‚ but rather is using the subject to explore the presence of evil in the world. Whereas the lamb is a song of innocence‚ the tyger is a song of experience‚ the opposing force to the lamb. Blake’s description of the tyger is one fraught with
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I chose to do the comparison between ‘The Tyger’ and ‘The Lamb’ because they both have similar themes but are concerned with very different aspects of life. ‘The Tyger’ concentrates on the dangers to be faced in life and nature while ‘The Lamb’ celebrates nature as seen through the innocent eyes of a child. Blake examines different‚ almost opposite or contradictory ideas about the natural world‚ its creatures and their Creator. William Blake is the narrator of both poems which emphasizes his
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William Blake exemplifies the rebellious and questioning spirit of the Romantic age in the various poems he wrote. This rebellious spirit especially exemplified in his most famous poem‚ “The Tyger‚” which was published in a book of poems he wrote entitled Songs of Experience. The poem takes the reader on a journey of faith‚ questioning god and his nature. By asking a series of rhetorical questions‚ Blake is forcing the reader to think about the possibility that God is not just the meek and gentle
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greatly affected Blake. In Songs of Experience (1794)‚ the sequel to Songs of Innocence‚ he addresses his loss of "faith in the goodness mankind" (Wikipedia) caused by the fall of the French Revolution. The outstanding poem from this collection‚ "The Tyger‚" seeks the answer to the unknown: how can the god who created the peaceful lamb also be the creator of the fierce‚ destructive tiger? The speaker asks many questions‚ but receives no answer. That same year‚ Blake combined the two contrasting works
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son‚ young Hamlet‚ as a ghost bearing terrible news. The ghost tells Hamlet that he was killed by Claudius‚ his brother and Hamlet’s uncle. Then when he was out of the way‚ Claudius seduced the queen. Throughout the passage‚ Shakespeare uses diction and imagery to help readers understand and connect with the ghost and Hamlet’s feelings of “contempt” towards the new King Claudius and Queen Gertrude. The passage begins with the ghost. He tells that everyone was told that he was “stung” by a
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We Shall Meet in Imagery and Diction In all Shakespeare’s tragedies‚ Imagery and diction have an appearance. In the play Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ imagery and diction are two literary devices that are present and have a great significance to the play. Imagery is a form of a literary device to create a vivid image in the reader’s mind. As for diction‚ it is the choice of appropriate words and phrases‚ that the writer uses to make the message clear that is being said. The use of animal
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“The Tyger” by William Blake Now seen as one of the most prominent figures of poetry and visual arts during the Romantic Age‚ William Blake was an outcast during his time and often thought to be crazy due to his radical views on religion and theology. Although he was Christian‚ his family rejected the generally accepted form of Christianity and going to church. While he was young‚ Blake claimed to have seen and interacted with the angel Gabriel‚ the Virgin Mary and the spirit of his deceased
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1. My diction and energy were best when explaining key descriptions of the need and satisfaction. For instance‚ when explaining the poor conditions of dog shelters (in the "need" part of my speech) I made my words very clear and drawn out like the word "miserable." I said "miserable" longer than I did other words as well as louder. My diction and energy were good at these particular points because I knew that in order to drive home the key points of my need and satisfaction (the majority of my speech)
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