1. clasp frame fear furnace sinews thine dread thy terror aspire immortal
Focus words
clasp
frame
fear
furnace
sinews
thine
thy
dread
terror
aspire
immortal
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2. dread hand fearful symmetry deadly terrors Phrases Year 6 Unit 21
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3. Definitions clasp to grasp on to something very tightly with your hand
frame
to plan and make; to place in a picture
sinews
tough fibres that join muscles to bones
furnace
a fire that is used to heat materials to very high temperatures
thy
old word for ‘you’
thine
old word for ‘yours’
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4. Definitions immortal living forever: never dying aspire
to hope or have a strong desire to do something
relating to the phrases:
dread
describing great fear
fearful
causing fear; making people feel afraid
terror
the feeling of extreme fear
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5. The Tyger by William Blake
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?
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6. The Tyger by William Blake
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?
Tyger Tyger burning bright, 
In the forests of the night: 
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
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7. How does the tiger compare to the poem?
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8. Is the tiger like a fire? Year 6 Unit 21 © Rising Stars UK Ltd 2018
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9. Change the poem Tyger Tyger, __________ bright,
In the forests of the night; 
What immortal hand or eye, 
Could frame thy __________ symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies. 
__________  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 __________ hand? & what __________ feet?
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10. How does the poem change with your synonyms?
Change the poem
What the hammer? what the chain, 
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what __________  grasp, 
Dare its __________ __________ 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?
Tyger Tyger __________ bright, 
In the forests of the night: 
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy __________  symmetry?
How does the poem change with your synonyms?
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