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(The Tyger by Wm.Blake) -- [Authentic] pronunciation (recording) -- EYE rhyming with Symmetry

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HenHanna

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Feb 18, 2024, 5:11:57 PMFeb 18
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(The Tyger by Wm.Blake) -- [Authentic] pronunciation (recording) --
EYE rhyming with Symmetry?

(The Tyger by William Blake) -- Could someone point me towards an
[Authentic] pronunciation version (recording, commentary) which makes
EYE rhyme with Symmetry?



https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43687/the-tyger

The Tyger by William Blake | Poetry Foundation

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BY WILLIAM BLAKE

Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;

What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

HenHanna

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Feb 20, 2024, 5:47:26 PMFeb 20
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Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;

What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?


Was the last vowel in Symmetry... fully like EYE, RYE ?

or more like (today's) RAY ?
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