Question

analyze the texts
support your responses with evidence from the texts.
1 identify notice the words, phrases, and lines that blake repeats in \the lamb.\ what mood does this repetition help create?
2 interpret in \the tyger,\ the speaker describes the animal as \fearful\ and \deadly.\ do the negative connotations of this language suggest that the tiger should never have been created? explain.
3 draw conclusions in \the tyger,\ blake uses words such as art, hammer, furnace, and anvil to describe the tigers creation, as if the animal were a metal sculpture. what does this symbolic meaning of the tiger suggest about blakes view of art?
4 analyze how do you think the voice of the speaker in \the lamb\ is different from the voice of the speaker in \the tyger\? why do you think the questions in \the lamb\ get answers, while the tough questions in \the tyger\ do not?
5 compare how does tom dacres dream compare and contrast with the actual conditions of his daily life? complete the venn diagram with details.
dacres dream both dacres life
6 analyze describe blakes use of the colors white and black in \the chimney sweeper\ poems. what do these colors symbolize?
7 draw conclusions in \the chimney sweeper\ poems, the speakers have two sharply contrasting perspectives on religion. considered together, what do both poems suggest about blakes view of the religious establishment of his time? explain.

Explanation:

1. Repetition in "The Lamb" can create a gentle, innocent mood. For example, repeated words can emphasize the lamb's meek nature.
2. Negative connotations in "The Tyger" might suggest the speaker's ambivalence about the existence of such a powerful and potentially dangerous creature, not necessarily that it should never have been created.
3. Describing the tiger's creation with art - related terms may imply Blake sees art as a powerful, almost divine force capable of creating something as magnificent as the tiger.
4. The speaker in "The Lamb" has a more innocent, child - like voice, while the speaker in "The Tyger" is more inquisitive and awed. Questions in "The Lamb" have answers as it represents a more straightforward view of creation, while "The Tyger" questions are unanswerable due to the mystery of its creation.
5. In Tom Dacre's dream, he may envision a better, more free life. In his daily life, he is a chimney - sweeper, overworked and oppressed. In the Venn diagram, common elements could be his hopes and fears.
6. In "The Chimney Sweeper" poems, white can symbolize purity and innocence of the children, while black can symbolize the dirt, hardship, and oppression of their lives.
7. The contrasting perspectives in "The Chimney Sweeper" poems may suggest Blake is critical of the religious establishment that allows such suffering, while also showing a glimmer of hope through the religious imagery used by the children.

Answer:

1. A gentle, innocent mood.
2. The speaker's ambivalence about the tiger's existence.
3. Art as a powerful, divine - like creative force.
4. "The Lamb" has an innocent, child - like voice; "The Tyger" has an inquisitive, awed voice. Questions in "The Lamb" are answerable due to a straightforward view of creation; "The Tyger" questions are unanswerable due to mystery.
5. Dream: A better, more free life; Life: Overworked and oppressed chimney - sweeper; Both: Hopes and fears.
6. White: Purity and innocence; Black: Dirt, hardship, and oppression.
7. Blake is critical of the religious establishment for allowing suffering, yet shows a glimmer of hope through religious imagery.