What Does The Tyger Mean

William Blake was a great poet, and visionary amongst many other things. He was fearless in putting real life situations and debates into his work of art. In his poems he secretly spoke a lot about spirituality. Blake was a rebel who associated with some of the most important radical thinkers of his times. In this paper, I will go more in depth on the poems "The Tyger and Lamb", by William Blake. After reading through both poems, I realized that these poems are written with a spiritual influence, as well as to provide a biblical message. I realized that the speaker himself showed admiration towards the lamb Both poems are in opposition with one another and they support two different views. One is labeled "good" while the other "bad". Individually
In "The Tyger",Blake uses alliteration to intensify his description of the tyger state. For example, he states, " Tyger Tyger, burning bright"(1). I noticed that in this line, the writer pairs burning with a positive term in order to describe the beauty of being experienced/ older as well as the corruption of it. The writer continues in line 4 with alliteration. He states, "Could frame thy fearful symmetry?". This is when the central question begins in the poem. The writer is admired by the tygers fearless persona. He continues, " In what distant deeps or skies"(5). The author is basically questioning where in the world could such experience derive from. In my opinion, the writer uses the words "deeps" and "skies" to question whether the tyger comes from hell or heaven. In comparison, alliteration is used within the first line of "The Lamb"; It reads, " Little Lamb who made thee"(1). The writer uses this literary device to describe a
In "The Tyger", the image of fire showcases the feistiness as well as the danger of the tyger. In the fifth stanza, the speaker questions what the tigers creator/ god thinks about him. He uses the image of heaven to refer to god. In stanza 5 he states:"When the stars threw down their spears/ And water’d heaven with their tears/ Did/ he smile his work to see?/ Did he who made the Lamb make thee?". In this stanza, Blake is questioning whether or not god was proud or happy with what he created or if he is sad with it. In the last line he asks the question as though he already know the creator of the gentle lamb but can't fathom that such a creator could create the tyger as well two having the same creator. The Tiger Itself is used as imagery in the poem; it represents something that is powerful, evil, unpredictable, and unpredictable. In contrast, in "The Lamb", the image of the lamb itself represent godly, innocent, pure, and childlike. In my opinion, the writer shows the good lamb favor over the bad tiger and communicate with it in a much more compassionate and patient tone. He states "Gave thee clothing of delight"(5). The writer is referring to the lambs fur as clothes and when he describes it he uses the word "delight to infer that the lambs creator has showed favor over him. On line 6 he continues, "Softest clothing wooly bright". The writer uses the word "bright" to describe