Blake The world of the senses: an ever-abundant source of symbols and metaphors. - Every object, animal, or event pointed beyond itself to a greater, transcendental meaning.
Songs of Innocence Songs of Experience The Lamb The Tyger Garden of Eden Songs of Experience The Tyger Life on earth without Eden
What does the fire imagery in the second stanza suggest about the tiger? How does alliteration convey the speaker’s attitude in the fourth stanza?
Review Questions – Tintern Abbey What contrast is presented in this poem? What insights does the speaker gain since he was last at Tintern Abbey? What message does the speaker send to his sister? Describe the speaker’s view of his sister in lines 112-160. Discuss how Wordsworth uses nature to present his themes (nature, time, mortality, memory, imagination, society, the city, humanity, and God)