Whllereadlng

1 8ead sLanza 1
a Pow does Lhe poeL address hls lmaglned Lyger"?
b Pow does Lhe Lyger" appear Lhrough Lhe poeL's descrlpLlon?
c WhaL ls Lhe poeL wonderlng abouL?

2 a WhaL does Lhe poeL emphazlse?
b WhaL feellng/s does Lhe quesLlon convey?
c uoes Lhe Lyger" appear llke a real anlmal?

3 now move Lo sLanzas 3 and 4
a More Lhan on Lhe physlcal aspecL of Lhe Lyger" whaL do Lhese sLanzas focus on?
b 8eyond belng Lerrlfled aL Lhe Lyger"'s sLrengLh and savageness whaL should we bw
Lerrlfled of?

4 Look aL sLanza 3
a 1here ls an example of personlflcaLlon quoLe lL and explaln lL ln your own words
b Why do you Lhlnk Lhe sLars weep?
c Why do you Lhlnk Lhe poeL wonders wheLher Lhe Lyger" and Lhe lamb were made by
Lhe same creaLor?

3 8ead sLanza 6
a Pow does sLanza 6 dlffer from sLanza 1?
b Pow do you explaln Lhls change?
c 1he lasL Lwo words of Lhe poem fearful symmeLry" are famous Pow do you lnLerpreL
Lhe Lwo words?


osLreadlng
6 1hlnk back on Lhe whole poem
a uoes Lhe poeL recelve any answer Lo hls quesLlons?
b Are Lhere any non quesLlon senLences?

7 Look aL Lhe layouL
ls lL Lhe same as 1be lomb? 8efer Lo Lhe number of sLanzas llnes and rhyme scheme






Pow Lo compare and conLrasL

When you wrlLe a commenLary on a LexL you may also be requlred Lo make connecLlons
and comparlsons

uslng Lhe Lwo shorL summarles Lry Lo polnL ouL slmllarlLles and dlfferences beLween Lhe
Lwo poems 1be lomb and 1be 1yqet

Pere are some useful words and phrases Lo organlze your paragraph

IIkS1 AkAGkAn (background lnformaLlon + polnL of enLry)
useful words Lhey boLh Lhe former Lhe laLLer ln facL however whlle


SLCCND AkAGkAn (maln polnL/s abouL Lhe flrsL Lerm of Lhe comparlson + evldence
from Lhe LexL)
useful words symbol of connecLed wlLh boLh buL


1nIkD AkAGkAn (maln polnL/s abouL Lhe second Lerm of Lhe comparlson + evldence
from Lhe LexL)
useful words on Lhe oLher hand unllke connecLed wlLh due Lo ls evldenL ln Lhe reference
Lo opposlLe of


LAS1 AkAGkAn (summary of Lhe maln polnL/s)
useful words boLhand

8emember Lo connecL your sLaLemenL wlLh llnkers (see Lhe Lable of llnkers)

L|nkers to express s|m||ar|ty llke/ as/boLhand/ Lhe formerLhe laLLer

L|nkers to express contrast lnsLead/ buL/ yeL/ sLlll/ however/ on Lhe conLrary/ on Lhe oLher hand/
whlle/ whereas/ ln conLrasL wlLh/ unllke