burning bright/ in the forests of the night (1-2)" is a very in-depth quote. ... Contrary to this, though, the "burning bright" part starts off the confusion. Generally, burning is something that is associated with Hell or pain or suffering. But when the bright bit is used, it manages to bring the reader back to one spot, confusion. The reason being for this is that brightness is a wonderful thing, especially when one has been in the forests of the night. ...

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Words that are used to create these images are words like mead, delight, bright, softest, gentle, tender and rejoice. ... Some words that are used to show this are, burning, immortal, fearful, hammer, chain, furnace, deadly and terror. ... Words that suggest that the tiger is frightening are "fearful symmetry", "burning bright" and "deadly terror". ...

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The atmosphere is cheerful, bright, and warm; taking place in a spacious field by a small flowing stream with the little lamb and the little boy informing the animal of the graces of God. ... The Tyger(Songs of Experience) Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry In what distant deeps or skies. ... Tyger Tyger burning bright, In the forests of the night: What immortal hand or eye, Dare frame thy fearful symmetry! ... Gave thee life and bid thee feed, By the stream and o'er the mead;...

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Describing the lamb as having "clothing of delight, softest clothing, woolly bright" really emphasizes the purity and gloriousness of the subject. ... The opening lines of the poem "Tyger, Tyger burning bright, In the forests of the night," shows early on in the poem that this "tiger" is capable of destroying the forests, which themselves are a beautiful part of nature. ...

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The lamb, with "wooly bright" clothing (6), plays in the pastoral settings of streams, (4) meads, (4) or meadows and vales, (8) or valleys. ... The language of this poem is filled with mellow and soft words such as, "life," (3) "stream," (5) "bright" (6) and "rejoice" (8). ... Throughout "The Tyger" the lines are regular and rhyming, but unlike "The Lamb" the rhythm of the poem is heavy as well as harder consonant sounds, in words such as "burning," (1) "bright," (1) "brain," (14) "dread," (15) "dare," (16) "deadly," (16) and "terrors" (16). ...

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burning bright in the forests of the night- (1-2). ... Blake continues to paint his Tyger in shimmering fire, thanks to his choice usage of "burning- - fire - and "bright- - obviously signifying a high degree of light. ... The reader can ascertain this idea from the very mention of the word "burning-, which would automatically bring visions of Hell's fiery pits into the reader's mind. ... Perhaps the use of "forests- as a setting is not very important by itself - unless the reader could possibly feel dread at being left alone in a forest with a burning Tyger. ... Perhaps from this di...

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Tom, an innocent child, shares his dreams of angels and the salvation of the sweeps: "And by came an angel who had a bright key, And he open'd the coffins & set them all free;" This sort of social consciousness in literature, stimulated by the French Revolution, also allows Blake to show in the second poem, through an experienced narrator, the true plight of child laborers: "Crying'weep! ... Words such as burning, fire, dread, hammer, furnace, and terrors is used by Blake in this poem so that any person reading that has a most basic concept of the biblical heaven and hell will recog...

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