Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
By William Blake
My opinion is that William Blake can describe an object in such little space but powerful words. I think that this poem is really powerful and that it makes the 'tyger' sound really great and above all.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
5 comments:
Ok, now you get to tell me what the poem is about and give your opinion on it.
Who was the author? As in - what sort of writer was he? Find out about him.
To study a poem, we memorise part or it, we analyse the poem as a whole and we study the person who wrote it.
From Ms S
OK, have a look here:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/8855/tyger.html
It's a complex poem.
He spells the heading differently to make you stop and think, and to make you realise that the poem is not simple, but is meant to be complex.
He softens the scary image of the tiger by placing it int he forest, instead of the more scary jungle.
He describes his tiger like a piece of art work. This is where the word symmetry comes in
Look at the "fire" words - and the descriptive words about the tiger - they make it seem awesome, and dreadful - and larger than life.
I actually think it describes a wild tiger, in the forest at night, rather well. It gives you a larger than life image of the tiger.
A most descriptive poem!
I wouls like you to share this information with the others please. Then they will all know.
Now, google the poet and write a couple of sentences about him, under the poem.
It's a "word picture" of a brilliant wild creature.
Slinky, you are lucky to have someone to teach you online at the weekend.- clue
It's a pleasure!
--------------------------------
There may be a big school project coming up for a group of four led by our deputy.
It involves these skills:
- time management
- group cooperation
- computing skills
- writing and proofreading skills
- digital scrapbooking
- written and oral communication
- research
Slinky!!
Please gather the class together and have a talk using the information I gave you about the poem.
When you read - you learn. When you go over it and tell others - you remember it.
Post a Comment