What is the connection between the man and the fly?
Equality.
100
What object in "The Fly" connects it to many other poems in the book?
The Bird, in the top right corner of the plate
100
What does the green represent in the little girl in "The Fly"
The Green represents innocence in the Little Girl, she has not yet experienced the wold like her older sister who is playing badminton.
200
What color where the Lions tears?
Ruby
200
In what way did Lyca's parents see Lyca while looking for her?
In a dream
200
Who does the "blind hand" belong to?
God.
200
What does the bird symbolize in many of the plates throughout the two books?
Freedom from experience. Freedom when in realm of innocence.
200
Why is the Lion surrounded by pastoral colors, yellow, orange, pink and red?
It is symbolizing the the Lions immortal sense, in the first poem it is described as an angel of death, and in the second, a spirit arm'd in gold.
300
How are the Tigers and Leopards described in the Poem
As wild creatures who play around Lyca as she sleeps.
300
How long did Lyca's parents search for her?
Seven Days
300
What is though?
Life, Strength and Breath
300
How are The Little Girl Lost and Found connected to The Fly?
In both poems there is no fear of death or becoming experienced.
300
Why are the people naked in the last plate if they have been through all of this experience.
It is the doubleness of the stain, they went through an incredible adventure and they have been stained with innocence.
400
What does William Blake describe himself as in the beginning of this Poem?
A Bard who is telling the future
400
What does the poem say they were no longer afraid of
1. The Wolvish howl
2. the Lions Growl
400
What does this mean: "Till some blind Hand shall brush my wing"?
It means that God is swatting the Fly, so the fly is dying. This means that the Fly wanted though, he wanted experience and thats what killed him.
400
How does the description of the Tiger in "Tyger" compare to the description of the Tiger in "The Little Girl Lost"?
The Tiger is described as divine, and godlike in "Tyger", while in "The Little Girl Lost" he is described more as crazy, childlike.
400
In what ways is the serpent present in the Plates?
The Serpent is present in the vines on the first plate, and on the bottom of the second plate. But most of all on the last plate, the tree is twisted with vines wrapped around it. The Serpent is also present in The Fly in the tree.
500
What does the "desert wild" transform into?
a Garden Mild
500
What is the Lion portrayed as in "The Little Girl Found"?
A Spirit Arm'd in Gold
500
What is death?
The want of thought
500
How does "The Little Girl Lost" and "Found" connect to "Night"?
The Lion here has ruddy (red) eyes and is crying, this connects to the Ruby eyes which were described in "The Little Girl Lost". This gives me the impression that he has strong feeling, that he has emotions and cares for others
The Lion is also described as golden, matching with the description from both “The Little Girl Lost” and “Found”.
500
What does the Bird symbolize in the first Plate?
The Bird symbolizes trust between the two parents. It could also symbolizes life, the parents are in a desert.