Culminating Activity #1
The theme of the poem “The Tyger” by William Blake is about evil and reveals that the origin of evil can come from that of good as well. Blake is able to use diction to his advantage, as the narrator asks what made the Tyger’s heart beat. Blake wants the narrator to be unhappy with that person as he calls their hands and feet “dreadful”. The, he shifts to calling them hammers, chains, and anvils. This use of diction gives the tone a slightly darker edge to it. Blake is able to use syntax in the way he positions his stanzas. The first and last stanza are the same. While the first and last stanza have a more curious tone to start and finish, Blake has the middle stanzas serve as darker, emotional ones, since most of the
The theme of the poem “The Tyger” by William Blake is about evil and reveals that the origin of evil can come from that of good as well. Blake is able to use diction to his advantage, as the narrator asks what made the Tyger’s heart beat. Blake wants the narrator to be unhappy with that person as he calls their hands and feet “dreadful”. The, he shifts to calling them hammers, chains, and anvils. This use of diction gives the tone a slightly darker edge to it. Blake is able to use syntax in the way he positions his stanzas. The first and last stanza are the same. While the first and last stanza have a more curious tone to start and finish, Blake has the middle stanzas serve as darker, emotional ones, since most of the