Read the passage from "The Tiger.” Tiger, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could fra
me thy fearful symmetry? A)The author uses imagery to help the reader feel the heat of the nighttime forest like the tiger does. B)visualize the tiger in the forest as beautiful but dangerous. C)imagine how scary the tiger roaring in the forest sounds. D)experience the terror the tiger feels at facing its mortality.
Answer: B) visualize the tiger in the forest as beautiful but dangerous.
The author is describing a characteristic of the tiger which might seem contradictory at first: its ability to cause both fear and awe in humans. He describes the tiger as being beautiful by commenting on how it "burns bright" and on his "symmetry." However, it also mentions that this beauty is "fearful." The author wants us to see the tiger as beautiful, but dangerous.
