elaborate the use of literary device and narrative tools used by William blake in the tyger
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Literary devices are tools that enable the writers to present their ideas, emotions, and feelings with the use of these devices. Blake has also used literary devices in this poem to show the fearsome and yet magnificent image of a tiger. The analysis of some of the literary devices used in this poem has been analyzed below.
Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same line such as the sound of/i/ in “Tyger Tyger, burning bright” and /ae/ sound in “Dare its deadly terrors clasp!”
Metaphor: It is a figure of speech used to compare two objects or persons different in nature. There are two metaphors in the poem. The first is used in the second line, “In the forests of the night” he compares tiger with darkness and repression. The second is used in the sixth line, “Burnt the fire of thine eyes?” he compares its eyes with fire or something evil.
Rhetorical Question: Rhetorical question is a question that is not asked to receive an answer; it is just posed to make the point clear. Blake has used a series of questions in this poem to emphasize his point such as given below:
“What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp.”
Personification: Personification is to attribute human qualities to inanimate things. Blake has used personification in the fifth stanza where he considers stars as humans,
“When the stars threw down their spears
And water’d heaven with their tears:”
Alliteration: Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same line such as the sound of /t/ and /b/ in “Tyger Tyger, burning bright” and the sound of /f/ in “Dare frame thy fearful symmetry”.
Apostrophe: An apostrophe is a device used to call somebody from far. The poet has used this device in the first line, “Tyger Tyger, burning bright.”
Symbolism: Symbolism is using symbols to signify ideas and qualities, giving them symbolic meanings that are different from the literal meanings. “The Tyger” represents the evil and beauty too, “the forest of the night” represents unknown challenges, “the blacksmith” represents the creator and “the fearful symmetry” symbolizes the existence of both good and evil.
Imagery: Imagery is used to make the readers perceive things with their five senses. Blake has used imagery to show the unique creation of God such as, “What immortal hand or eye,”, “Burnt the fire of thine eyes?” and “In the forests of the night.”
The literary analysis shows that Blake has skillfully employed these devices to make the poem simple to understand.
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