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The Tyger William Blake Use Of Diction

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The poem “The Tyger” by William Blake vividly describes an unknown being that is both beautiful and dangerous. Blake compares beauty and danger and how each trait adds to the other. William Blake does this by creating a tone of awe and intensity, using the literary devices diction, syntax, figurative language, and imagery. William Blake uses diction or his own unique word choices to add to the tone by using words like “burning bright,” and “fearful symmetry.” These word choices add to to the intensity of the tone. Blake also uses the literary device syntax to add to the tone. Throughout the poem there are many sentences in the form of Rhetorical questions that lead the reader to wonder about certain things and add to the awe of the tone. Another
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