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The Lamb
The Tyger
William Blake
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Who is the narrator speaking to?
What is a child
100
What is the Rhyme Scheme
What is aabb with a near rhyme ending the first and last stanzas, drawing attention to the tiger's "fearful symmetry."
100
What faith is Blake
What is Christian
200
Who do you think the lamb symbolizes?
What is Jesus
200
Give examples of Repetition
Repetition of "Tyger in line 1, "dare" in lines 7 & 8, "heart" in lines 10 & 11, "what" in lines12, 13, & 15, "Did he" in lines 19-20, and several repeats in stanzas 1 & 2 establish the poem's nursery rhyme like rhythm.
200
When was Blake born?
What is November 1757
300
The Lamb" was published?
What is 1789
300
Who is the Blacksmith?
What is both God the Creator (personified in Blake's myth as Los) and Blake himself
300
Blake was placed at number___ in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons
What is 38
400
Who is the narrator?
What is God
400
Is this poem written as a story or song?
What is song
400
His paintings and poetry have been characterized as part of what movement?
What is Romantic movement and "Pre-Romantic"
500
How does the poem end?
What is The poem ends with the child bestowing a blessing on the lamb.
500
What is the last stanzas two purposes?
What is (1) it ties in the first stanza of the poem to the last stanza; (2) it emphasizes the question asked in the previous line.
500
Blake was influenced by what ideals?
What is ideals and ambitions of the French and American Revolutions