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A phrase from this poem titles a Northop Frye book that led to the reinterpretation of this poem’s author. (15[1])This poem imagines a time when “the stars threw down their spears / And water’d heaven with their tears." This poem's speaker asks “what shoulder” and “what art” “Could twist the sinews of thy heart?.” (15[1])This poem asks (*) “What immortal hand or eye / could frame thy fearful symmetry?." (10[1])This poem and its counterpart “The Lamb” are found in its author’s Songs of Experience. The title figure of this 1794 poem is “burning bright / in the forests of the night.” For 10 points, name this poem by William Blake about a carnivorous creature. ■END■

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