Quiz

The Tyger

William Blake

1. 1. How does the final stanza differ from the opening stanza, and what is the significance of that change?

   The final stanza removes all references to fire, shifting the tone from awe to resignationThe word 'Could' in the opening is replaced by 'Dare' in the final stanza, intensifying the challenge implicit in the questionThe final stanza adds a new question about the lamb, which is absent from the openingThe final stanza shortens the lines, creating a sense of hushed reverence

2. 2. What is the dominant form and structure of 'The Tyger'?

   Six stanzas of four lines each, written in trochaic tetrameter with paired rhymesFive stanzas of six lines each, written in iambic pentameter with alternating rhymesSix stanzas of four lines each, written in iambic pentameter with a volta in stanza fourFour stanzas of six lines each, written in anapestic tetrameter with paired rhymes

3. 3. The imagery of 'hammer,' 'chain,' 'furnace,' and 'anvil' primarily evokes which of the following?

   Agricultural labor and the domestication of wild animalsIndustrial blacksmithing, suggesting the Creator as a powerful craftsmanNaval navigation, implying the tiger was forged beneath the seaMilitary conquest, implying the tiger is a weapon of war

4. 4. Which theme is most central to 'The Tyger'?

   The beauty of the natural world and humanity's duty to protect itThe tension between divine creation of both innocence and terrifying powerThe inevitability of death and the indifference of natureThe speaker's personal guilt over harming a wild creature

5. 5. Who is the 'he' repeatedly referenced in lines such as 'On what wings dare he aspire' and 'Did he smile his work to see'?

   The tiger itself, admiring its own reflectionA fallen angel who stole fire to forge the tigerThe divine Creator or demiurge who fashioned the tigerThe human poet who imagines the tiger into being

6. 6. The line 'Did he who made the lamb make thee?' is best understood as a reference to which of Blake's other works?

   'London,' in which the lamb symbolizes urban poverty'The Chimney Sweeper,' where lambs represent child laborers'The Lamb' from Songs of Innocence, representing gentleness and Christ'A Poison Tree,' where the lamb stands for forgiveness

7. 7. What is the tone of 'The Tyger' throughout most of the poem?

   Sardonic and dismissive toward the concept of a creator deityTranquil and celebratory, praising the tiger's beautyFearful awe and urgent wonder at an unanswerable mysteryMelancholic grief over the violence inherent in nature

8. 8. What poetic technique is most prominently employed by Blake in structuring 'The Tyger'?

   Sustained rhetorical questioning (erotema) used to build cumulative intensityExtended metaphor comparing the tiger to a river in floodDramatic monologue in which the tiger addresses its creatorPastoral convention subverted by introducing a predatory animal

9. 9. When Blake writes 'When the stars threw down their spears / And watered heaven with their tears,' what is most likely being described?

   A meteor shower that the speaker witnesses while observing the tigerThe fallen angels' defeat and submission, possibly echoing Milton's Paradise LostThe tiger's eyes glowing like stars as it crouches to attackA rain storm that extinguishes the fire used to forge the tiger

10. 10. According to the poem, where does the tiger appear to exist or move?

    On an open savannah bathed in midday sunlightAlong a river whose waters reflect its burning eyesIn 'the forests of the night,' amid darknessHigh on a mountain crag above the clouds
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