The Tyger

• "When the stars threw down their spears And watered heaven with their tears"
• "Tyger! Tyger!" burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?
• What is the summary of The Tyger?


  It directlay addresses the tiger, imaging its coat at night & asks what immortal being could have possibly created the tiger.

  It wonders where parts of it came from, who made it and the skill it used.

  Mentions stars raining on heaven, Satan and if good and evil were made by the same figure.
• What are the themes in The Tyger?


  Power, beauty, creation.

  Existence of evil.

  Creativity.
• What is the form/ structure of The Tyger?


  Rhyme scheme: AABB Meter: Trochaic tetrameter Stanzas: Six quatrains
• Who is the speaker in The Tyger?

  Uses many rhetorical questions.

  It’s never specified.
• What is the setting in The Tyger?


  Has many different settings.

  1. Tigers habitat.
  2. Place of creation.
  3. The creator.
  4. Industrial workshop.
  5. A mythical setting.
  6. return to first setting.
• What is the context of The Tyger?


  Blakes poetic influence was John Milton.

  Blake was wide reader of religious scholarship.

  Highly critical of the Chruch.