1. Immortal Hammer Art Furnace Beat Dread Spears Fearful Terrors Fire
Bright
Dare

2. Categorise the words in groups
Tyger Tyger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder, & what art.
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?
What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp!
When the stars threw down their spears,
And water'd heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
Categorise the words in groups
Six quatrains
Rhyming couplets
Mostly trochaic
(Stressed-Unstressed)
Good vs Evil?

3. Main topic
Questions asked 1 2 3 4 5 6

4. The Title Proper noun Use of y instead of i
Yahweh is a part of the Tyger
Y represents the downpour of questions (why?)
There is no need for self-importance (“I”), since the Tyger is proving much more powerful

5. Technique Purpose & Effect
Repetition
Alliteration
Symbolism
Metaphors
Rhythm
Rhyming Scheme
Punctuation

6. God is… Omniscient = knows everything that can be known
Omnipotent = all-powerful
Omnibenevolent = possessing perfect goodness
Omnitemporal = exists at all times at once
Omnipresent = exists at all places at once

7. In what ways does Blake go against traditional assumptions about the Christian God in this poem?
Introduction – 2 PEELA paragraphs – Conclusion
Include:
subject
tone
themes
techniques
word connotations
Interpretations
All linked to the conceptualised idea