Question

How does imagery enhance the dark tone of these lines from a poem?
When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the lamb make thee?

Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
(from "The Tiger" by William Blake)

Answer 1

It creates a sense of a cosmic battle between good and evil.
It describes violence in a deceptively attractive manner.
It describes the violence that exists in nature.
It describes a conflict between religion and paganism.