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The cyclical structure shows how the animals beauty will go on forever

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Animals are presented as ethereal
This is shown in the word 'Lamb' which has connotations of religion. It is also the only word that has a capital letter mid sentence.

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“Fearful symmetry” suggests god has created absolute perfection

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The man himself

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Personifation or “the stars threw down their spears” a mysterious otherworldly force links to theme of power

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Blake also presents the animals as Godly through ththe references to God. He speaks of “immortal hand or eye” and how the animals “water’d heaven with their tears.” This makes the reader feel like the animals are godly and far more important than us. This importance is fully showcased through the language referencing the gods and heavens repeatedly creating a powerful, heavenly imagery making the reader feel subservient to the animals in this poem

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Fire and flame has been repeated throughout, showing the Tyger’s majesty and power

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Intimidating - ‘Dare it’s deadly terrors clasp’

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There is an idea of violence towards animals through ‘spear’ ‘hammer’ and ‘chain’

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The tyger is presented as a feisty and furious animal ‘burning’.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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‘Dare it’s deadly’ life or death competition/game

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Animals presented as majestic
'Tyler! Tyler! Burning bright’

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‘Fearful symmetry’ has connotations of terrifying beauty causing the reader to think of cruel rulers making the tiger in charge

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‘Distant deeps or skies’ make it seem like the Tyger came from an otherworldly place with ‘skies’ relating heaven and the ‘deeps’ relating to 🤬.

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Animals are presented as wholy and magical by ‘immortal’ and repetition of ‘dare’

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Imminent threat/foreboding - ‘dread’

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Animals are presented as holy as they are made by the ‘immortal hand’, yet the poet believes God frames tigers as bad animals and accuses him by saying ‘dare frame thy’

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Blake presents animals as aggressive through the use of aggressive and threatening language. The way the animals “deadly terrors clasp” shocks the receiver as the use of “terror” and “claws” shocks the reader and creates a sense of fear and dread. The rhyming of grasp and clasp grasp in a rhyming couplets, emphasising how desperate and aggressive the animals actions are.

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Extensive use of questions show the mystery of the Tyger

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‘Immortal’ hints at the power of the tiger and hints at the celestial nature of the animal

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‘Dare frame thy fearful symmetry’ challenges reader to come after the tiger

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Blake uses the juxtaposition of the phrase “Tyger, Tyger, burning bright , In the forests of the night” to symbolise how the Tiger represents hope in the form of ‘light’ in the dark

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‘Burning bright’ could relate to either the holy colours of their skin or the violent burning energy inside them.

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Animals are more powerful than any humans or gods

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Animals presented as a strong force of power - “immortal...fire...spears” - powerful creatures sense of strength

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The tyger itself is a metaphor for Lucifer, reflects lucifer falling from heaven when “the stars threw down their spears: / and water’d heaven with their tears”. Also the semantic field of fire (🤬)

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Tigers presented as mystical/heavenly - ‘When the stars threw down their spears/ And water’d heaven with their tears’.

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The poet presents the tiger as calm due to the fact that there are 6 stanzas with four lines each and there is a symmetrical structure

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Animals represented as untouchable by humans
'Dare frame their perfect symmetry’

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Animals are presented as menacing through words like “anvil” and “deadly” and this creates connotations of h.ell with fire

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Animals are presented as powerful and scary through verbs such as “clasp” and “grasp” as they make it more impactful and immersive

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‘Immortal’ shows power and a celestial nature

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Animals are presented as God like. 🤟

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Semantics field - “stars...heaven...bright” sense of other worldly

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Animals presented as celestial ‘water’d heaven with their tears’

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Changes the word “could” to “dare”

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Compared to gods - ‘what immortal hand or eye’

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Semantic field of fire over the whole poem