1- PARAPHRASE THE FOLLOWING STANZA TAKEN FROM "THE TIGER" POEM:TIGER! TIGER! BURNING BRIGHTIN THE FOREST OF THE NIGHTWHAT IMMORTAL HAND OR EYECOULD FRAME THY FEARFUL SYMMETRY?

PARAPHRASE: HOW BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIFYING YOU ARE, TIGER! HOW IMMORTAL AND GREAT IS THE CREATOR WHO CREATED YOU AND MADE YOU SO PERFECT!

2- Extract one figure of speech and explain it.

"Burning bright" is a metaphor: the poet compares the tiger to fire. He means that the tiger is strong, fearful, dangerous and beautifully bright at night like fire.

1- PARAPHRASE THE FOLLOWING LINES TAKEN FROM "THE TIGER" POEM:IN WHAT DISTANT DEEPS OR SKIESBURNT THE FIRE OF THINE EYES?ON WHAT WINGS DARE HE ASPIRE?WHAT THE HAND DARE SEIZE THE FIRE?

PARAPHRASE: YOU'RE SO FEARFUL AND DANGEROUS. WERE YOU CREATED AT HELL?!!

YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL. WERE YOU CREATED AT PARADISE?

YOU'RE SO FEARFUL AND DANGEROUS LIKE FIRE! WHO CAN GET CLOSE TO YOU

2 -EXTRACT ONE FIGURE OF SPEECH FROM THE ABOVE LINES AND EXPLAIN IT.

"DISTANT DEEPS": IS A SYMBOL OF HELL.

"SKIES" IS A SYMBOL OF PARADISE.

"THE FIRE": IS A METAPHOR. THE POET COMPARES THE TIGER TO FIRE BECAUSE IT IS FEARFUL, DANGEROUS AND STRONG LIKE FIRE.

1- PARAPHRASE THE FOLLOWING STANZA TAKEN FROM "THE TIGER" POEM: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?!

PARAPHRASE: HOW STRONG AND SKILLFUL IS YOUR CREATOR! HOW COULD HE CREATE YOU THAT PERFECTLY?! AFTER HE GAVE YOU LIFE AND YOUR HEART STARTED BEATING, YOU BECAME SO WILD, FAST, AND STRONG!! YOUR HANDS AND FEET ARE SO STRONG.

“Shoulder, Sinews” are symbols of strength.

FIGURES OF SPEECH??

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?!

1- PARAPHRASE THE FOLLOWING STANZA TAKEN FROM "THE TIGER" POEM:WHAT THE HAMMER? WHAT THE CHAIN?IN WHAT FURNACE WAS THY BRAIN?WHAT THE ANVIL? WHAT DREAD GRASPDARE ITS DEADLY TERRORS CLASP?

PARAPHRASE: HOW STRONG ARE THE TOOLS USED TO CREATE YOU! IN WHAT KIND OF WORKSHOPS WERE YOU MADE SO WILD?!!

YOU'RE SO WILD AND FRIGHTENING. WHO CAN DREAM OF CATCHING SUCH STRONG AND FAST ANIMAL.. WHO DARES TO APPROACH IT!

EXTRACT ONE FIGURE OF SPEECH FROM THE ABOVE STANZA.

WHAT THE HAMMER? WHAT THE CHAIN?

IN WHAT FURNACE WAS THY BRAIN?

WHAT THE ANVIL? WHAT DREAD GRASP

DARE ITS DEADLY TERRORS CLASP

?

"IN WHAT FURNACE WAS THY BRAIN?" IS A METAPHOR: THE POET COMPARES THE TIGER TO A STRONG MACHINE MADE IN A FACTORY OR A WORKSHOP.

1-PARAPHRASE THE FOLLOWING STANZA TAKEN FROM WILLIAM BLAKE'S "THE TIGER": WHEN THE STARS THREW DOWN THEIR SPEARS,AND WATERE'D HEAVEN WITH THEIR TEARS,DID HE SMILE HIS WORK TO SEE?DID HE WHO MADE THE LAMB MAKE THEE?

PARAPHRASE: TIGER, AFTER YOU WERE COMPLETELY CREATED, AND THE STARS SENT THEIR LIGHT ON YOU TO CELEBRATE YOU AND THE CLOUDS CRIED (RAINED) OUT OF JOY, YOUR CREATOR MUST HAVE BEEN HAPPY WITH HIS WONDERFUL CREATION.

IS IT LOGICAL?! I WONDER! THE CREATOR WHO CREATED THE CUTE LAMB IS THE SAME ONE WHO CREATED A WILD ANIMAL LIKE YOU.

EXTRACT ONE FIGURE OF SPEECH OF THE ABOVE STANZA.

"Tears" is a

metaphor: the

poet compares

the rain to tears.

He means that

the sky cries out

of joy because the

tiger is created

!