"The Tyger" Poem Analysis

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In William Blake's 'The Tyger,' what does the poet primarily explore regarding the creator?

  • The creator's emotional state after completing the tiger.
  • The moral implications and daring nature of creating such a creature. (correct)
  • The creator's methods and tools used in crafting the tiger.
  • The personal relationship between the poet and the creator.

Considering the symbolic contrast between the tiger and the lamb in Blake's poem, what does this juxtaposition primarily highlight about the creator?

  • The creator's skill in crafting diverse forms of life.
  • The creator's internal conflict between love and hate.
  • The creator's capacity to integrate opposing realities into a single creation. (correct)
  • The creator's preference for gentle creatures over fierce ones.

How does the poem 'The Tyger' challenge traditional assumptions about the nature of God?

  • By questioning God's existence through the depiction of a fearsome creature.
  • By implying that God's creations are inherently flawed and imperfect.
  • By suggesting that God is limited in power and unable to control His creations.
  • By questioning the compatibility of creating both good and evil through a powerful, dangerous being. (correct)

What central question does Blake explore through the powerful imagery and rhetoric in 'The Tyger'?

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In 'The Speckled Band,' how does Sherlock Holmes's attention to detail contribute to solving the case?

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Considering the circumstances of Julia Stoner's death in 'The Speckled Band,' what does the story suggest about the consequences of violence and cruelty?

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In 'The Speckled Band,' how does the setting of Stoke Moran contribute to the story's overall atmosphere of suspense and dread?

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How does the character of Dr. Roylott in 'The Speckled Band' serve as a critique of Victorian societal norms?

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In "Tryst with Destiny," how does Jawaharlal Nehru connect the concept of Indian independence with global humanitarianism?

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How does Jawaharlal Nehru use historical context within "Tryst with Destiny" to shape his audience's understanding of India's future?

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Within the context of 'Tryst with Destiny', what is Jawaharlal Nehru's perception of narrow-mindedness and destructive criticism?

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What central tension does Nehru highlight in 'Tryst with Destiny' regarding India's newfound independence?

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Why is the Inchcape Rock considered "perilous" in the poem?

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In "The Inchcape Rock", what motivates Ralph the Rover to cut the bell from the Inchcape Rock?

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What is the primary consequence of Ralph's actions in cutting the bell from the Inchcape Rock?

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How does the setting of the "Inchcape Rock" contribute to the poem's overarching theme?

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According to some Tonga people, what is the physical appearance of Nyaminyami?

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Why is water considered sacred by the people who believe in Nyaminyami?

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How did the Tonga people demonstrate their relationship with Nyaminyami?

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What is Nyaminyami believed to be the ruler of?

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In 'The Bishop's Candlesticks,' what does the Bishop believe to be the best way to reform the convict?

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What is reflected by the convict's description of his time in prison as hell?

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What is the deeper meaning behind the Bishop's statement: 'This body is the Temple of the Living God'?

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Ultimately, why was the Convict glad that the sergeant caught him?

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In "Ozymandias," what does the ruined statue most effectively symbolize?

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What effect does meeting the traveller have on the narrator's understanding of Ozymandias and his kingdom?

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What is the significance of the inscription on the pedestal of Ozymandias's statue?

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How does Shelley use the setting to reinforce the poem's central theme?

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According to the passage, what has caused a change in India's sports landscape?

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What is the significance of Dipa Karmakar's bronze medal at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games?

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What does the passage reveal about Dipa Karmakar's character and approach to achieving her goals?

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The detail that Dipa Karmaker never has let her flat-foot stop her from achieving her goals serves primarily to:

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Why did the narrator switch off the television and go help their mother?

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What character quality did his father display when hearing the narrator's perspective?

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Why did the narrator blink when his father asked, 'Do you really believe that?'

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What can the reader infer from the phrase, 'I did pride myself on being progressive'?

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Flashcards

Burning bright, fearful symmetry

Words suggesting ferocity.

The Tyger

The subject of the poem, addressed by the poet.

Blacksmith

Profession that comes to mind when reading about the tiger's creation.

Blacksmith

Represents the tiger's creator.

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Quatrain

A stanza that has four lines.

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Couplet

A pair of successive, rhyming lines.

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Limitation

The question of whether a poet could truly capture the truth about the Divine in a poem.

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Ironic Tone

Poet uses an ironic tone to keep up with the theme of religion, God and eternal mystery

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The Lamb

Symbolizes Little Jesus. Symbolizes meekness and innocence

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To be hooked on

The state of being addicted or enthusiastic about something

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Epic fail

An embarrassing mistake.

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Ventilator

Connected Julia's room to the outside..

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Detail

Sherlock Holmes examined every little ___ with the best detail

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Room

Dr. Roylott wanted to shift Helen from her ___.

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The thick bell rope

Is a bit odd because it was a fake one which was not connected to a wire.

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Roylott

His practice had been left, and he was known for being angry and bitter since

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Tryst

Jawaharlal Nehru delivered a speech, which was called '____ with destiny'.

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Nyaminyami

The name of God, ruler of water, worshipped by many.

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Eye Rhymes

The ocean, Aberbrothok, swing, bell, green, deck

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Shipwrecks

The Inchcape Rock is perilous to the seas because the rock causes ____, thus claiming many lives.

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Pirates

Known for being wickedly, the person had a goal to rob ppl.

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Study Notes

  • The interrogative form is used when phrasing questions.

Study Skills

  • Swiftness refers to the quality of being fast or quick.
  • A small valley described as a hollow area of land that lies between hills or mountains.
  • Before means earlier than.
  • Catch sight of means to notice or see someone or something.
  • Explode violently means to burst or shatter forcefully and suddenly.
  • Dusk is the time of day immediately following sunset.
  • Listen refers to the act of paying attention to sound.
  • Anger is a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.
  • An island is a piece of land surrounded by water.
  • The sound of a bell is an audible signal produced by a bell.

"The Tyger" Poem Analysis

  • In "The Tyger," the speaker addresses the tiger directly.
  • "Burning bright" and "fearful symmetry" suggest the tiger's ferocity.
  • The creature dwells in "the forest of the night".
  • The creature originated from above the skies.
  • "Burning bright," and "immortal hand or eye" describe the tiger.
  • The lamb is another animal mentioned.
  • Question sentences are most used by William Blake’s "The Tyger".
  • The poet speaks of the creator's hand or eye that made the tiger.
  • The immortal hand or eye could represent imagination and ingenuity.
  • In the poem, symmetry is termed fearful because the tiger is scary and dangerous.
  • Blacksmithing is the profession evoked.
  • The blacksmith embodies the creator of the tiger.
  • An anvil is a tool used by blacksmiths to shape metal.
  • In the third and fourth lines, the poem asks what force could contain the tiger's sublime form.
  • In the last two lines, the poet questions the creator's nerve or daring.
  • The words 'burning bright' suggest the tiger's power and strength.
  • The creator launched a challenge after finishing the tiger.
  • The tiger isn't just a tiger; it signifies physical beauty, "fearful symmetry," eyes, the brain, violence, and the ability to cause death.
  • The poet wonders about creating such an incongruent creation.
  • God, who is both powerful and all-knowing, is the tiger’s creator.
  • God created an awe-inspiring, dangerous creature capable of easily maiming and killing.
  • Creates light on the moral issues of creating an animal capable of wreaking havoc and destruction.
  • God willingly created an animal that could be considered evil as it kills other animals.
  • It is God's will that evil exists along with good.
  • Without evil, people won't appreciate the good.
  • The speaker considers creating the tiger daring because creator made the meek, innocent lamb.
  • A quatrain is a stanza consisting of four lines which uses rhyming couplets.
  • The rhyme scheme is aa, bb, cc.
  • The themes is about the identity of religiousity, awe and amazement.
  • The assumptions assumes that God is omnipotent.
  • It is questionable whether a poet could truly capture the truth about God (the Divine) in a poem.
  • Ironic tone is evoked to keep up the theme of religion, God, and eternal mystery.
  • Alliteration/repetition, personification, hyperbole, and imagery device is used.
  • The lamb symbolizes Little Jesus and Christ.
  • Lamb symbolizes meekness and innocence as comparison to tiger.
  • Throughout "The Tyger," the speaker questions the creator and how.
  • The central theme of the poem is the act of something powerful.
  • Poet questions the creator to create a ferocious creature, and how.
  • The creator implies to carefully thought about how tiger is and violence.
  • Creator took responsibility of easily kill animals.
  • Exmaples of allusion is immortal hand or eye/distant deeps or skies.
  • Here poet questions the maker of balcksmith tools to other creations.
  • By creating the tiger, God destorys other animals, the tiger created daring.

Analyzing "The Speckled Band"

  • Context: Sherlock found the bell rope strange because it was not connected to a wire.
  • Context: Sherlock found the whip odd and was used to let the snake enter.
  • Sherlock awakened Dr. Watson with urgency due to a distressed young lady awaiting them.
  • The lady in sitting room wores balck with veil, and she shivered.
  • Dr. Roylott once belonged to rich family but wealth lost and became a doctor.
  • Dr Roylott killed in the butler in Calcutta, imprisoned, then he had to return to England.
  • Her mother stated, Helen's money under Roylott who fixed generous amount after marriage.
  • Sherlock inspections occur inside Miss Stoker's room and Julia's old room.
  • The bell-rope was inspected and the ventilator while examining Roylott's room.
  • They were in London after their mother died.
  • After they had moved to Stoke Moran, Dr Roylott obviously left his practice.
  • Dr Roylott was confine in one room, others were not happy with him because he fought for tricial reasons.
  • The gypsy allows a few acres of the estate which allows animals to wander feely that upset Julia and Helen.
  • Miss Stoner references incident when her sister, Julia died in 2 years ago.
  • The manner was quite old where all the residents were sleeping at the time.
  • Doors opened towards the windows looked the lawn who had rooms in a small space.
  • Julia left the room and was a terrible storm.
  • Misa Store opened the door and Julia screamed as she sawed a clanging sound.
  • Julia had exclaimed it was speckled band, and fainted, failed to revive.
  • The above lines express the practitioner of violence preys.
  • The schemer is Dr Roylott who makes plans kill helen after julia.
  • He had to scheme toget of two daughters or less money, he had gotten rid two daughers.
  • Holmes to be detective rationally using measure and details observed.
  • He looked over it all so he appeared that it was correct and known more.
  • The safe was the milk, and the loop to the sugar was on the hook.
  • It wasn't need for needed after helens room, Dr Roylott wanted to sift Helen from her room.
  • Sussicious things were ventilator bell rope, the snake in the room.
  • After his investigation, Holmes knew it was a snake bit the door.
  • Snake was known best by knowing about snake was best known by poisoning.
  • Holmes thinks doctor has an opbression of the creatures of Inida.
  • Holmes thinks he is trying to kill sisters for money and robbery.
  • Had to kill after julia after it was the murdery.
  • Holmes save miss stoner, and snake drives back to doctor to die.
  • Holmes felt bad before doctor after all.
  • Homes has to good after roylott dead.
  • Hard to hook on others so they don't feel addicted.
  • Word web with bad fail, feels blue, the automo wheel, get angry is what it means.
  • Sentence structure in grammar.

Tryst with Destiny Key Points

  • Jawaharlal Nehru alluded to the British rule and freedom struggle.
  • Argued for pledge of dedication to service of India people of humanity.
  • Nehru recalls independence in speech and represents old spirit.
  • Remembers others with a help and support in the speech.
  • To fight poverty for free education.
  • He declares communism and small criticis,.
  • British rules was ending.
  • New hope for child to change.
  • All citizens taking responsibility for the decision to come to their aid.
  • Citizens for freedom.
  • Nehru ideas light up freedom.
  • Tone of the speech optimist and forward.
  • Has sense to urge of action and passion for them.
  • All citizens to serve for india,.
  • Freedom to all with education.

Study Notes on "The Inchcape Rock"

  • Poet describes the sea in calm.
  • aborothoh places in hope or shipwreck. Rock is called perilmous because is claims it as rob.
  • Aiming for the pirate robbing.
  • Member said in a speech the water they cant hear in rocks.
  • Heaven has now motions.
  • Water on what they had heard of the bells.
  • Blessed water made it for the bell water was sailed to their deaths,
  • The pirate in the storys steals goods after he is rich for water,
  • Rock is called is due to abbots place to stop the bells.
  • Eye,rock,seen,around.
  • Nymina is zomberi in river as well.
  • Some of the water they use on the fish is not near with wife.
  • The ruler is worning of dark and light.

Nyaminyami and Destiny

  • Nyaminyami was the Zambezi River God.
  • Minor tremens are felt when the estranged wife returns.
  • Tonga people remember and pledged their through dances
  • Wife had gone the valley to answer bless them.
  • Water as need for water and African find money.
  • Was stream towards Nyaminyami
  • The wall is that of the river.
  • The Zamnbie is a source that the boides are secred.
  • Watter, has is to get prosperity.
  • Africans because Zmabazie to protect themselves.
  • Water for juyngle carl a christmas that has been said.
  • Rome has to be built in the water.
  • Please give to us say what we need to eat and drink.
  • What they put on the plate.

Analysis of "The Bishop's Candlesticks"

  • Context: The convict trusted the Bishop because he was empathized.
  • Bishop lives in family with village and has Persome,
  • Persome unlocked the door and persomo wasn't willingly to do so.
  • Bishop like from deathbed the promise to them.
  • Guard caught convict when going out late night, he had resisted the arrest.
  • Saved by going home after the new night.
  • After save conct to arest and through the kindness. Convict
  • Convicts hell to jail through the words when going in.
  • Stealing to feed the woman that dies.
  • Convict, being in hell by said in bed chainted up bad name.
  • Speakers are in the jail.
  • To steal from the candy for stealing the story line to the movie.
  • He needed and to the to take the joy.
  • Like a real man give care to others like the man given the conidt..
  • Yes, the convct is like a person because the soft head and like a great man the great part of mind set has to be given.
  • Convct laught to find what it felt like to be good again.
  • However to the great transform and restart
  • As the goodness every of them.

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