'How do the stylistic elements reinforce meaning in Blake's poems The Lamb and The Tyger'?
William Blake composes two beautiful pieces of work that exemplify his ideas on the nature of creation. The two pieces, The Lamb and The Tyger, are completely opposite views, which give questionable doubt about most people's outlook of creation. ‘The Tyger’ concentrates on the dangers to be faced in life and nature while ‘The Lamb’ celebrates nature as seen through the innocent eyes of a child. Blake examines different, almost opposite or contradictory ideas about the natural world, its creatures and their Creator. Blake uses rhyme, repetition and imagery to enhance these ideas, the poems are displayed like nursery rhymes, In the Tyger, Blake inserts several immeral tetrameter lines, which makes every end syllable seem to be stressed this shows us that that the poem represents the power of a tiger.
The Lamb gives a childlike atmosphere to the poem, its uses simple language and that there is repetition on lines back to back manner of the work nursery rhyme feel but with a deeper meaning then what is meant for children. The lamb represents the sense of innocence and naivety. Blake believes that god created us and that he blesses everyone no matter if their good nor bad, Blake displays a side of creation that is ingenious and pure. The phrases. "Little lamb, God bless thee" and "He is meek, and he is mild" show this idea. The poem is written in a somewhat a response sort of concept, the poem is written in a didactic method. As for the tiger the central idea stays the same, but the whole perception is changed around.
Blake is building on the conventional idea that nature, is like a work of art, the tiger initially appears as a striking image, but as the poem goes on it turns into a symbolic character. The poem begins asking a fearsome tiger what type of being could of created it. “What immortal hand or eye” “Could frame they fearful symmetry”. Each stanza contains more questions, which are all similar to the first. “ Twist the sinews” what kind of being would
The Lamb gives a childlike atmosphere to the poem, its uses simple language and that there is repetition on lines back to back manner of the work nursery rhyme feel but with a deeper meaning then what is meant for children. The lamb represents the sense of innocence and naivety. Blake believes that god created us and that he blesses everyone no matter if their good nor bad, Blake displays a side of creation that is ingenious and pure. The phrases. "Little lamb, God bless thee" and "He is meek, and he is mild" show this idea. The poem is written in a somewhat a response sort of concept, the poem is written in a didactic method. As for the tiger the central idea stays the same, but the whole perception is changed around.
Blake is building on the conventional idea that nature, is like a work of art, the tiger initially appears as a striking image, but as the poem goes on it turns into a symbolic character. The poem begins asking a fearsome tiger what type of being could of created it. “What immortal hand or eye” “Could frame they fearful symmetry”. Each stanza contains more questions, which are all similar to the first. “ Twist the sinews” what kind of being would