Rhythm and the Tyger “The Tyger” is one of the most famous works by William Blake. It is a great poem, which clearly shows the reader the way in which poetic devices and sound and rhythm affect the meaning of a poem. William Blake questions the nature of God, and faith. He asks two important rhetorical questions in the poem. Does God create both good and evil? If so what right does God have to …showed first 75 words of 625 total…

…showed last 75 words of 625 total…Tyger” is a classic poem by William Blake about the natures of God. By switching his rhythm from trochaic to iambic tetrameter, Blake shows the two possible natures of God, or of the creators. By using couplets, he emphasizes the dichotomy of the poem. By using poetic devices he further develops the questions about the natures of God. In the end, Blake never answers his questions, which leaves readers thinking whether there is an answer.