Dialectic Journal of the poems "Beowulf", "Grendel", "Tyger", "The Snowman", and "Dreamers" focusing mainly on literary techniques.

"Sea against sand; they stowed away In the hold of the ship their shining armor... Will the seamen that sailed her sighted the land Shining cliffs and coastwise hills," (p14, ln 74-83) The use of consonance here repeats the sound of the wind. Beowulf and his men are going to go save the Danes. They must cross the sea and the wind acts very favorable and leads them to the way. The "s" sound imitates …

…Dare its deadly terrors claps?" (ln13-16) There is a metaphor between a blacksmith and God. Clearly, God created the tiger yet the author refers that a hammer furnace and other blacksmith tools made the tyger. The blacksmith is also a creator like God. They both work in the same way, taking great care in everything they make. In addition, while something may not seem perfect, like the tyger, it is, because God made it.