Friday, 14 October 2011
Day 3
Do Now: Take out a pen or pencil. Open your notebook to the next clean page.
Lesson:
1) "The Tyger"
A. Reading
B. Analysis/Questions
C. Discussion
Homework: Poetry Final ­ On Hold Until Wednesday­Thursday Next Week
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The Tyger
by
William Blake 2
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Questions
1)
What question is being asked about the tyger in the first stanza? (Hint: Identity)
2)
In the second stanza the question becomes more specific. What
question is now asked? (Hint: Location)
3)
Who do you think ‘thine’ is referencing? (Hint: Identity)
4)
In line 7, to what Greek myth is Blake alluding? (Hint: Wax Wings)
5)
In line 8, to what Greek myth is Blake alluding? (Hint: Theft from the gods)
6)
In the third stanza, what aspects of the tyger does Blake marvel over?
7)
Why do you think the tyger has ‘dread’ hands and feet?
8)
What question is Blake really asking when he says, “In what
furnace was thy brain?”
9)
In lines 19 what question does Blake ask?
10) In line 20, Blake uses a Biblical allusion to ask a question. What is this question?
11) Was Blake really questioning the creation of the tyger? If not, what was he really questioning?
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Answers
1)
What question is being asked about the tyger in the first stanza? (Hint: Identity)
The question being asked in, "Who made you?"
2)
In the second stanza the question becomes more specific. What
question is now asked? (Hint: Location)
The more specific question is where is your make from, the deeps
or the skies ‐ the devil or God.
3)
Who do you think ‘thine’ is referencing? (Hint: Identity)
Thine refers to God.
4)
In line 7, to what Greek myth is Blake alluding? (Hint: Wax Wings)
Blake is alluding to the myth of Icarus and Daedalus. Icarus made
wax wings to fly but flew too close to the sun, the wings melted,
and he plummeted to his death.
5)
In line 8, to what Greek myth is Blake alluding? (Hint: Theft from the gods)
Blake is alluding the story of Epicurius who stole fire
(light/knowledge) from the gods.
6)
In the third stanza, what aspects of the tyger does Blake marvel over?
Blake marvels over the tyger's heart, hands, and feet.
7)
Why do you think the tyger has ‘dread’ hands and feet?
The tyger is 'dread' becasue it is both terrifying and awe inspiring.
8)
What question is Blake really asking when he says, “In what
furnace was thy brain?”
Blake is questioning if God is sane.
9)
In line 19 what question does Blake ask?
Blake wonders if God is pleased with his creation.
10) In line 20, Blake uses a Biblical allusion to ask a question. What is this question?
Blake wonders if the same God that made the lamb (Jesus) could have made the tyger.
11) Was Blake really questioning the creation of a tyger? If not, what was he really questioning?
Blake is questioning how and why God would create both good and evil. How can God give joy, peace, patience, kindness, and love as well as pain, suffering, destruction, and death.
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Fearful Symmetry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJevAWtnvk0
In Action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia1tT1­bPOs&feature=fvwrel
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