FOR WEDNESDAY, 3.13.13 For Tyger,” answer the following questions briefly in your notebooks. Be prepared to address “The these in class: 1. This poem from Blake’s is often paired with Lamb.” Describe the poem’s Songs of Experience “The tone. Is the speaker’s voice the same here as in Lamb”? Which words are repeated, and how do they “The contribute to the tone? 2. What is revealed about the nature of the tiger by the words used to describe its creation? What do you think the tiger symbolizes? 3. Unlike in Lamb,” more than one question is raised in Tyger.” What are these questions, and “The “The are they answered? 4. Compare the rhythms in Lamb” and Tyger.” Each basically uses a seven-syllable line, but “The “The the effects are very different. Why? 5. Using these two poems as the basis of your discussion, describe what distinguishes innocence from experience.
FOR WEDNESDAY, 3.13.13 For “The Tyger,” answer the following questions briefly in your notebooks. Be prepared to address these in class: 1. This poem from Blake’s Songs of Experience is often paired with “The Lamb.” Describe the poem’s tone. Is the speaker’s voice the same here as in “The Lamb”? Which words are repeated, and how do they contribute to the tone? 2. What is revealed about the nature of the tiger by the words used to describe its creation? What do you think the tiger symbolizes? 3. Unlike in “The Lamb,” more than one question is raised in “The Tyger.” What are these questions, and are they answered? 4. Compare the rhythms in “The Lamb” and “The Tyger.” Each basically uses a seven-syllable line, but the effects are very different. Why? 5. Using these two poems as the basis of your discussion, describe what distinguishes innocence from experience.
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