William Blake was an eccentric thinker who contemplated themes of good and evil. He questioned common teachings of his time and believed in equality for all. Blake uses rhetorical questions in his poem "The Tyger" to question whether the same God that created purity and innocence through the lamb, also created evil as seen in the tyger. The poem is composed of a series of questions that progress in complexity, exploring the source of evil in society through the symbolism of the tyger.

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2. About the Poet-William BlakeIntellectuals thought he was eccentric and demented

3. "Radical thinker"

4. Contemplated themes of good versus evil, heaven versus hell, etc.

5. Went against common teachings at this time, believed in equality for all

6. Had visions as a child of meeting god and talking with his deceased brotherBlake illustrates that all God-fearing individuals, at some point, face the unanswerable question of whether God, who created good, could have created evil.

8. MeterAlternates between 7 and 8 syllables in each line

9. (Tyger! Tyger! burning bright=7 syllable

10. (Could frame thy fearful symmetry=8 syllables)

11. Trochaic TetrameterRhymeRhyme scheme: AABB

12. Why the spelling of “Tyger?”

13. Relates to Rhyme!