Question
Read the poem.
The Tyger
by William Blake
Tyger, tyger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And, when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand and what dread feet?
What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the lamb make thee?
Tyger, tyger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? Which lines best develop the theme that the world contains both beauty and terror?
Responses
a "Did He smile His work to see? / Did He who made the lamb make thee?"
a "Did He smile His work to see? / Did He who made the lamb make thee?"
b "What the anvil? what dread grasp / Dare its deadly terrors clasp?"
b "What the anvil? what dread grasp / Dare its deadly terrors clasp?"
c "And what shoulder and what art / Could twist the sinews of thy heart?"
c "And what shoulder and what art / Could twist the sinews of thy heart?"
d "What immortal hand or eye / Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?"
The Tyger
by William Blake
Tyger, tyger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And, when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand and what dread feet?
What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the lamb make thee?
Tyger, tyger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? Which lines best develop the theme that the world contains both beauty and terror?
Responses
a "Did He smile His work to see? / Did He who made the lamb make thee?"
a "Did He smile His work to see? / Did He who made the lamb make thee?"
b "What the anvil? what dread grasp / Dare its deadly terrors clasp?"
b "What the anvil? what dread grasp / Dare its deadly terrors clasp?"
c "And what shoulder and what art / Could twist the sinews of thy heart?"
c "And what shoulder and what art / Could twist the sinews of thy heart?"
d "What immortal hand or eye / Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?"
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The lines that best develop the theme that the world contains both beauty and terror are:
a "Did He smile His work to see? / Did He who made the lamb make thee?"
These lines juxtapose the creation of the innocent and gentle lamb with the fearsome and powerful Tyger, highlighting the coexistence of beauty and terror in the natural world.
a "Did He smile His work to see? / Did He who made the lamb make thee?"
These lines juxtapose the creation of the innocent and gentle lamb with the fearsome and powerful Tyger, highlighting the coexistence of beauty and terror in the natural world.