Does god create both gentle and fearful creatures? If he does what right does he have?.

             Both of these rhetorical questions are asked by William Blake in his poem "The Tyger.".

             The poem takes the reader on a journey of faith, questioning god and his nature. The.

             poem completes a cycle of questioning the creator of the tyger, discussing how it could.

             have been created, and then returns to questioning the creator again. Both questions.

             about the tyger's creator are left unanswered. William Blake uses rhythm, rhyme, and.

             poetic devices to create a unique effect and to parallel his theme in his work "The Tyger.".

             William Blake's choice of rhythm is important to his poem "The Tyger" because it.

             parallels the theme of the poem, that the tyger may have been made by god or another.

             harsher creator. Most of the poem is written in trochaic tetrameter as can be seen in line.

             three, when Blake says, "What immortal hand or eye." This rhythm is very harsh.

             sounding, exemplifying the very nature of the tyger. Some of the lines in the poem were.

             written in iambic tetrameter, such as in line ten, when Blake says, "Could twist the.

             sinews of thy heart? ." Iambic tetrameter has a much softer sounding beat than does.

             trochaic tetrameter. This implies the gentle nature of god, and if he could create such a.

             beast. The last word of each quatrain is written in a spondee. This helps to create a.

             unique symmetry and to parallel the "fearful symmetry" of a tyger. William Blake's use of.

             rhyme greatly affects his work "The Tyger." The entire poem is written in couplets.

             Couplets contain two lines, paralleling the dichotomy of the poem, that everything has.

             two sides or parts. The rhyme scheme is AA BB CC etc. Because the rhyming words are.

             so distinguishable from the non-rhyming words, they form two separate categories, which.

             also parallels the dichotomy of the poem. William Blake's choice of poetic devices.

             greatly affect his work "The Tyger." He uses cacophony, which is a rough sounding group.