William Blake’s
The Lamb
&
The Tyger
Class Presentation
Surina Elidrissi
William Blake
(November 28, 1757 – August 12,1827)
English Poet, Painter, and Printmaker
“There was no doubt that
this poor man was mad,
but there is something in
the madness of this man
which interests me more
than the sanity of Lord
Byron and Walter Scott1”
William Wordsworth
1http://www.oxfordreference.com/pages/samplep-20.html
Thomas Phillips: William Blake Portrait (1807)
The Lamb: Songs of Innocence
Structure :Lyrical Poem
Speaker
Tone
Mood
Themes
Message
Techniques:
The Lamb
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Gave thee life & bid thee feed
By the stream & o’er the mead;
Gave thee clothing of delight,
Softest clothing, woolly, bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the vales rejoice?
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee,
Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee:
He is called by thy name,
For he calls himself a Lamb.
He is meek, & he is mild;
He became a little child.
I a child, & thou a lamb,
We are called by his name.
Little Lamb, God bless thee!
Little Lamb, God bless thee!
Rhythm
Imagery
Alliteration
Diction
Euphony
Plate by William Blake: The Lamb
Repetition
Rhetorical Question: a figure of speech in the form of a question posed for its persuasive
effect without the expectation of a reply Rhetorical questions encourage the listener to
think about what the (often obvious) answer to the question must be.*
The Tyger: Songs of Experience
Structure :Lyrical Poem
Speaker
Tone
Mood
Themes
Message
Techniques:
The Tyger
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
5 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,
10 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?
15 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?
Rhythm
Imagery
Alliteration
Diction
Euphony
Repetition
Plate by William Blake:
The Tyger
Contrast
Rhetorical Question: a figure of speech in the form of a
question posed for its persuasive effect without the
expectation of a reply Rhetorical questions encourage
the listener to think about what the (often obvious)
answer to the question must be.
20 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?
CONTRAST
The Lamb
The Tyger
Lamb,
stream, meadow,
values rejoice
Little, woolly, softest,
bright, tender, meek,
mild clothing of delight
Tyger
Bright, Symmetry, fire,
hammer, chain, furnace,
anvil, night, immortal,
fearful, distant deeps,
burnt the fire, dare seize
the fire, deadly terrors ,
stars, tears, wings,
aspire,
Rejoice, made, give,
bid, making, called,
calls, became, bless
Burning, burnt, clasp,
watered, twist, beat,
dread, grasp, threw
down, seize, frame