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Conquer English Course Book 8

Conquer English Course Book 8

D A Tressler, Good Luck Pub Ltd

ICSEClass 8
English

The Tyger

William Blake

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forest 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, and what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat, 
What dread hand? and 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 watered 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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  1. 1.

    What do these lines mean? Tick (√) the most appropriate options.

    1. Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forest of the night
      1. The tiger is a mysterious creature that has a fiery orange coat with black spear-like markings.
      2. The tiger's bright orange coat and the energy it has gives ft an air of mystery and power in the darkness of the forest at night.
    2. What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
      1. The poet feels that the frightening yet magnificent form of the tiger could only have been created by God or some other immortal power.
      2. The poet feels that only God or some other powerful immortal being could have made the tiger.
    3. In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
      1. The poet wonders where the tiger could have been created. Did its piercing fearful eyes originate in some dark deep burning hell or in heaven?
      2. Could the scary tiger have been formed in the depths of the earth or in a heavenly place in the skies?
    4. On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire?
      1. The poet feels that only a powerful creator could have dared to create and form the tiger.
      2. The poet wants to know which great power had dreamt of creating such a magnificent and fearful creature like the tiger.
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  2. 2.

    Which words in the third stanza show that the being that created the tiger was really strong and a master craftsman?

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  3. 3.

    What words in the fourth stanza compare the creator to a blacksmith?

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  4. 4.

    What are the spears of the stars and what are the tears?

  5. 5.

    Who smiled and what did he smile at?

  6. 6.

    How does the poet convey the feeling that the creator was unafraid to handle the dreaded tiger once its heart started beating?

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