My Feuatured Poem
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?
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?
I. About the Poem
The Tyger is a poem by the English poet William Blake published in 1794 as part of the Songs of Experience collection. Literary critic Alfred Kazin calls it "the most famous of his poems," and The Cambridge Companion to William Blake says it is "the most anthologized poem in English." It is one of Blake's most reinterpreted and arranged works.
Works Cited （参考文献）
▽ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyger
▽ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5c1vRS7Zis
II. About the Author
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poety and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic works have been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry led one contemporary art critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". In 2002, Blake was placed at number 38 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.Although he lived in London his entire life (except for three years spent in Felpham), he produced a diverse and symbolically rich œuvre, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God" or "human existence itself".
Works Cited （参考文献）
▽ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake
IV. My Reaction
A. Reaction Point - character - 登場人物
- A tyger
- It represents a presence that transcends human.
B. Reaction Point - alliteration - 頭韻の繰り返す
- Tyger Tyger
- It emphasizes the tiger.
C. Reaction Point - theme - 物語の主旨、主題, テーマ
- the central idea of a work of literature
- To the hands and eyes work out a horrible precursor of the tiger, the image of God has been put.
- This poem, rather than sang the tiger itself, than which emphasis is placed towards the tiger of the creation by the hand of God
D. My General Opinion
This poem sang the brave figure of the tiger is one of the most famous Among the break of work. Rhythmic sequence is powerful words, the image is also brilliant. But the content is not always simple.
