Blake enumerates the main ``tools ' used in the making of the tiger : the hammer , the chain , the anvil and the furnace all serve as instruments of creation for Los , Blake 's personification of the poetic genius . The last but one stanza of the poem asks one of the most significant and troubling questions in the poem : ``When the stars threw down their spears / And water 'd heaven with their tears / Did he smile his work to see / Did he who...











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