A brief presentation on poet William Blake by Ashley Bauman,

2. In “The Tyger,”
what is the
poet’s basic
question that
he ponders
throughout
the poem?

3.  Born on Nov. 28, 1757 in  During his lifetime, a few
London. people thought him to be
 Left school at age 10 to insane due to his beliefs
attend the Henry Pars (radical for that time
Drawing Academy, where period—in their defense,
he learned to be an he kind of made up his
engraver and poet. own mythology).
 Lived during the French  Blake regarded the Bible to
Revolution (1789-99), be the most perfect form of
which affected his works, poetry, but generally he did
and so did the poverty he not agree with most
saw every day. conventional religious
views.

4.  What kinds of
thoughts does
this image evoke
in you?

5.  What thoughts
does this image
evoke?
 Compare to the
previous image.

6.  Explain the symbolism of the items mentioned in “The
Tyger” in a short paragraph.
 Analyze 10 of the characteristics of the lamb and the
Creator from “The Lamb.”