https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e Our brilliant analysis of this brilliant poem en-us 2018-11-07 11:43:22 UTC 2026-01-09 22:17:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png charlotte_tracy1 https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436370 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.]]> 2018-11-07 12:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436370 oliviakw_lee https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436389 Changes the word “could” to “dare”]]> 2018-11-07 12:15:16 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436389 https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436409 Compared to gods - ‘what immortal hand or eye’]]> 2018-11-07 12:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436409 isabelle_ogeary https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436454 Animals presented as celestial ‘water’d heaven with their tears’]]> 2018-11-07 12:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436454 Annamaisash https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436563 Semantics field - “stars...heaven...bright” sense of other worldly ]]> 2018-11-07 12:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436563 hector_hunter https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436593 Animals are presented as God like. 🤟]]> 2018-11-07 12:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436593 101669 https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436624 ‘Immortal’ shows power and a celestial nature]]> 2018-11-07 12:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436624 james_martin12 https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436652 Animals are presented as powerful and scary through verbs such as “clasp” and “grasp” as they make it more impactful and immersive]]> 2018-11-07 12:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436652 louie_steel https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436681 Animals represented as untouchable by humans
'Dare frame their perfect symmetry’]]> 2018-11-07 12:16:07 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436681 husayn_moosa https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436704 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]]> 2018-11-07 12:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436704 gareth_selbie https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436731 Tigers presented as mystical/heavenly - ‘When the stars threw down their spears/ And water’d heaven with their tears’.]]> 2018-11-07 12:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436731 eve_gordon https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436772 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 (🤬)]]> 2018-11-07 12:16:29 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436772 james_martin12 https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436958 Animals are presented as menacing through words like “anvil” and “deadly” and this creates connotations of h.ell with fire]]> 2018-11-07 12:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436958 Annamaisash https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436974 Animals presented as a strong force of power - “immortal...fire...spears” - powerful creatures sense of strength ]]> 2018-11-07 12:17:12 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436974 daniel_blythe https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436975 ‘Burning bright’ could relate to either the holy colours of their skin or the violent burning energy inside them.]]> 2018-11-07 12:17:12 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436975 eve_gordon https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436978 Animals are more powerful than any humans or gods]]> 2018-11-07 12:17:12 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436978 alex_richings https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436984 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 ]]> 2018-11-07 12:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301436984 ellie_wood1 https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301437000 Animals are presented as wholy and magical by ‘immortal’ and repetition of ‘dare’]]> 2018-11-07 12:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301437000 lauren_bacchus1 https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301437139 Semantic field of fire over the whole poem]]> 2018-11-07 12:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301437139 gareth_selbie https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301437140 ‘Dare frame thy fearful symmetry’ challenges reader to come after the tiger ]]> 2018-11-07 12:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301437140 101669 https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301437173 ‘Immortal’ hints at the power of the tiger and hints at the celestial nature of the animal ]]> 2018-11-07 12:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301437173 aldiho https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301437298 Extensive use of questions show the mystery of the Tyger]]> 2018-11-07 12:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301437298 max_fogelman https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301437320 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.]]> 2018-11-07 12:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301437320 thomas_wildman1 https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301437444 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’]]> 2018-11-07 12:18:28 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301437444 gareth_selbie https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301437730 Imminent threat/foreboding - ‘dread’]]> 2018-11-07 12:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301437730 gareth_selbie https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301438184 ‘Fearful symmetry’ has connotations of terrifying beauty causing the reader to think of cruel rulers making the tiger in charge ]]> 2018-11-07 12:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301438184 daniel_blythe https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301438208 ‘Distant deeps or skies’ make it seem like the Tyger came from an otherworldly place with ‘skies’ relating heaven and the ‘deeps’ relating to 🤬.]]> 2018-11-07 12:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301438208 louie_steel https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301438291 Animals presented as majestic
'Tyler! Tyler! Burning bright’]]> 2018-11-07 12:20:19 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301438291 101669 https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301438372 ‘Dare it’s deadly’ life or death competition/game ]]> 2018-11-07 12:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301438372 charlotte_tracy1 https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301438389 The cyclical structure shows how the animals beauty will go on forever ]]> 2018-11-07 12:20:35 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301438389 hector_hunter https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301438505 The tyger is presented as a feisty and furious animal ‘burning’.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥]]> 2018-11-07 12:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301438505 ellie_wood1 https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301438549 There is an idea of violence towards animals through ‘spear’ ‘hammer’ and ‘chain’]]> 2018-11-07 12:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301438549 gareth_selbie https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301438718 Intimidating - ‘Dare it’s deadly terrors clasp’]]> 2018-11-07 12:21:31 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301438718 max_fogelman https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301439760 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]]> 2018-11-07 12:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301439760 aldiho https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301439814 Fire and flame has been repeated throughout, showing the Tyger’s majesty and power ]]> 2018-11-07 12:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301439814 101669 https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301439905 2018-11-07 12:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301439905 Annamaisash https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301439991 Personifation or “the stars threw down their spears” a mysterious otherworldly force links to theme of power ]]> 2018-11-07 12:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301439991 james_martin12 https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301440004 The man himself]]> 2018-11-07 12:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301440004 eve_gordon https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301440130 “Fearful symmetry” suggests god has created absolute perfection ]]> 2018-11-07 12:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/HannahWildsmith/xx93j2xml39e/wish/301440130