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Robert Peake is an MFA candidate at Pacific University in Oregon.
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Monday, August 21. 2006

William Blake: "The Tiger"

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What is so great about this poem is the way that it carries you along with strong, simple words and imagery, whisking you past moments of highly ambiguous meaning, delighting the senses. Having blasted our way through many of these moments with an almost nursery-rhyme use of rhythm and alliteration, we come to this spectacular moment:

When the stars threw down their spears, /
And watered heaven with their tears

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