Question: The archetypal image of fire is used frequently in this poem. This archetype represents danger.

Which statement best explains how this archetype affects the meaning in this poem?

Answer: This archetype reinforces the idea that unchecked power can be dangerous.

Question: The archetypal image of the lamb is used in this poem. This archetype represents innocence and is often used in Christianity to also represent Jesus.

Which statement best explains how this archetype impacts the meaning in this poem

Answer: This archetype compares the power of a tiger with the gentleness of a lamb; this reinforces the power and danger that the tiger poses.

Question: Read these lines from the poem.

What immortal hand or eyeDare frame thy fearful symmetry?

The “immortal hand or eye” alludes to God or Satan.

How does this allusion affect the meaning of the poem?

Answer: The speaker questions who created such a fearsome animal.

Question: Which alliterative phrase best reflects the theme that the world contains dark and powerful forces?

Answer: “Could frame thy fearful symmetry”

Question: What effect do the stanzas have on the meaning of this poem?

Answer: Each stanza presents a different aspect of the creation of the tiger.

Question: In “Ozymandias,” the phrase “antique land” alludes to Egypt.

How does the allusion to Egypt create meaning in this poem?

Answer: It creates a sense of mystery and antiquity.

Question: What is one way Shelley uses source material in “Ozymandias”?

Answer: The statue has an engraving.

Question: How does the meaning of the last stanza relate to the meaning of the whole poem?

Answer: It connects the spirit of the speaker with that of the daffodils.

Question: Which lines from the poem best shape the theme that experiencing the beauty of the natural world is a path to happiness?

b:How does the image of daffodils “dancing in the breeze” create a mood that helps convey the theme named in Part A?

Answer: “And then my heart with pleasure fills, / And dances with the Daffodils.”

b:It creates a cheerful mood that helps readers understand how the natural world can inspire feelings of joy.

Question: Read this line from the poem.

What wealth the show to me had brought

What is the meaning of the metaphor?

Answer: The speaker sees the daffodils’ beauty as a priceless memory.