The Tyger Figurative Language

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By using diction, syntax, imagery, figurative language and a mystical tone “The Tyger” by William Blake reveals the beauty in the unknown. Her uses the language choices to tell you of something that was like a legend or myth. Ande through these processes we will learn of the mythical beast the tyger. In the poem, “The Tyger”the use of imagery is very important to the context of the story. In the very beginning it describes the Tyger in its awe, “Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry? ” It tells how the Tyger is bright and full of life in the dark of night, also being completely symmetrical with perfect beauty.the wording is in places uncommon to now because of

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