文档介绍：Text of the Poem Tig er, tig er, b urning b right In the f orests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could f rame thy f ear f ul symmetry? Stanza 2 In w hat dis tant d eep s or skie s Burnt the fire of thine eye s? On w hat w ing s dare he a s pire? W hat the hand dare s eize the fire? 一、 Alliteration( 头韵法) The color-coded letters in the first two stanzas give examples of alliteration. 二、 Meaning of the Poem Stanza 1 : What immortal being created this terrifying creature which, with its perfect proportions ( symmetry ), is an awesome killing machine? Stanza 2 : Was it created in hell ( distant deeps ) or in heaven ( skies )? If the creator had wings, how could he get so close to the fire in which the tiger was created? How could he work with so blazing a fire? Stanza 3 And what shoulder and what art Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand and what dread feet? Stanza 4 What the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? What dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? Stanza 3 : What strength ( shoulder ) and craftsmanship ( art ) could make the tiger's heart? What being could then stand before it ( feet ) and shape it further ( hand )? Stanza 4 : What kind of tool ( hammer ) did he use to fashion , the tiger in the forge fire? What about the chain connected to the pedal which the maker used to pump the bellows?What of the heat in the furnace and the anvil on which the maker hammered out his creation? How did the maker muster the courage to grasp the tiger? Stanza 5 : When the stars cast their light on the new being and the clouds cried, was the maker pleased with his creation? Stanza 6 : The poet repeats the the central question of the poem, stated in Stanza 1. However, he changes could (Line 4) to dare (Line 24). This is a significant change, for the poet is no longer asking who had the capability of creating the tiger but who dared to cr