Please help me The Tyger

by William Blake

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

Burnt the fire of thine eyes?

On what wings dare he aspire?

What the hand dare seize the fire?

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?

What the hammer? what the chain?

In what furnace was thy brain?

What the anvil? what dread grasp

Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,

And watered heaven with their tears,

Did He smile His work to see?

Did He who made the lamb make thee?

Tyger, tyger, burning bright

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

The archetypal image of fire is used frequently in this poem. This archetype represents power.

Which statement best explains how this archetype creates meaning in the poem?
The archetypal image of fire illustrates that power is liberating.

By uniting the image of a tiger with that of fire, Blake shows readers that powerful beings should not be feared but should be celebrated.

The image of fire as “burning bright” reinforces the idea that power is also beautiful and enticing.

This archetype develops the idea that power is both dangerous and violent and should be feared.