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William Blake’s “The Tyger”
Syntax in William Blake’s “The Tyger”
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Sentence functions and structures
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Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? interrogative sentence, rhetorical question fragments complex sentence participial phrase and preposition
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Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? interrogative sentence, rhetorical question fragments complex sentence participial phrase and preposition
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Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? interrogative sentence, rhetorical question fragments complex sentence participial phrase and preposition
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Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? interrogative sentence, rhetorical question fragments complex sentence participial phrase and preposition
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In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes
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? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions simple sentences prepositions
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In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes
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? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions simple sentences prepositions
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In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes
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? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions simple sentences prepositions
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And what shoulder, & what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart
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? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions fragments compound sentences dependent adverb clause preposition
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And what shoulder, & what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart
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? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions fragments compound sentences dependent adverb clause preposition
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And what shoulder, & what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart
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? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions fragments compound sentences dependent adverb clause preposition
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And what shoulder, & what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart
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? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions fragments compound sentences dependent adverb clause preposition
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And what shoulder, & what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart
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? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions fragments compound sentences dependent adverb clause preposition
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What the hammer. what the chain. In what furnace was thy brain
What the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
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What the hammer. what the chain. In what furnace was thy brain
What the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions fragments simple sentences preposition
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What the hammer. what the chain. In what furnace was thy brain
What the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions fragments simple sentences preposition
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What the hammer. what the chain. In what furnace was thy brain
What the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions fragments simple sentences preposition
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What the hammer. what the chain. In what furnace was thy brain
What the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions fragments simple sentences preposition
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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? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions yes/no questions compound-complex sentence simple sentence dependent adverb clause dependent adjective clause preposition
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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? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions yes/no questions compound-complex sentence simple sentence dependent adverb clause dependent adjective clause preposition
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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? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions yes/no questions compound-complex sentence simple sentence dependent adverb clause dependent adjective clause preposition
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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? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions yes/no questions compound-complex sentence complex sentence dependent adverb clause dependent adjective clause preposition
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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? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions yes/no questions compound-complex sentence complex sentence dependent adverb clause dependent adjective clause preposition
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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? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions yes/no questions compound-complex sentence complex sentence dependent adverb clause dependent adjective clause preposition
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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? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions yes/no questions compound-complex sentence complex sentence dependent adverb clause dependent adjective clause preposition
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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? interrogative sentences, rhetorical questions yes/no questions compound-complex sentence complex sentence dependent adverb clause dependent adjective clause preposition
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Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? interrogative sentence, rhetorical question complex sentence participial phrase and preposition
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Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? interrogative sentence, rhetorical question complex sentence participial phrase and preposition
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Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? interrogative sentence, rhetorical question complex sentence participial phrase and preposition
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Syntactical structures
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repetition and emphasis with exclamation points
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? repetition and emphasis with exclamation points participial modifying subject prepositional phrase modifying subject
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rhetorical question modal verb to emphasize ironic doubt
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? rhetorical question modal verb to emphasize ironic doubt
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In what distant deeps or skies,
Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare sieze the fire? question of “where” question of “which” question of “who” rhetorical questions Absence of auxiliary verb “does” emphasizes “dare”
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Question marks are used ironically instead of exclamation points
In what distant deeps or skies, Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare sieze the fire? Question marks are used ironically instead of exclamation points Modified question form to create parallelism
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More rhetorical questions…
And what shoulder, and what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand? and what dread feet? Repetition of the conjunction “and” emphasizes the quick succession of events More rhetorical questions…
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adverb clause indicates the moment of “dread”
And what shoulder, and what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand? and what dread feet? adverb clause indicates the moment of “dread”
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represents separation in nature from what is good
And what shoulder, and what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand? and what dread feet? caesura represents separation in nature from what is good
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More ironic question marks modal verb to emphasize ironic doubt
And what shoulder, and what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand? and what dread feet? modal verb to emphasize ironic doubt More ironic question marks lack of verbs create fragments which emphasize emotion
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lack of verbs create fragments
What the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? caesura lack of verbs create fragments
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Absence of auxiliary verb “does” emphasizes “dare”
What the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? More ironic question marks Absence of auxiliary verb “does” emphasizes “dare”
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adverb clauses indicate the moment of God’s joy (smile)
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? adverb clauses indicate the moment of God’s joy (smile)
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inversion adjective clause emphasizes the “almost answer” to the
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? inversion adjective clause emphasizes the “almost answer” to the rhetorical questions
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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? These are honest to goodness question marks!!! Use of the auxiliary verbs here makes these questions stand out from the others.
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Modal verb “could” replaces the verb “dare” to reinforce the
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? Modal verb “could” replaces the verb “dare” to reinforce the rhetorical nature of the question.
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