TIGER, tiger, 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, 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 water'd heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see,
Did He who made the Lamb make thee?
Tiger, tiger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
William Blake (1757- 1827) an English poet, painter and printmaker.
- immortal: never dying or decaying
- symmetry: uniformity
- deeps: a deep part of the sea
- aspire: aim high
- sinews: a tendon or ligament
- furnace: a very hot place
- anvil: a heavy iron block with a flat top and concave sides
The poem you have just read has 13 questions addressed to the tiger. List out the 13 questions.
- Who made your fearful body?
It was the Almighty God who created the tiger in all its beauty, vigour, and magnificence that clearly exhibited a power that surpassed the good and the evil.































































































