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The Tyger Analysis
Author: Poetry of William Blake Type: Poetry Views: 15360
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In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye.
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?And what shoulder, & what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat.
What dread hand? & what dread feet?What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp.
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears:
Did he smile His work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?Tyger Tyger burning bright,
In the forests of the night:
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
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This poem is actually about how Blake blames God for creating God and evil, the lamb is gentle and th tiger is not. God created them both needlessly much like Blake believes that man was created in a material form only to loose his soul.
| Posted on 2009-07-03 | by a guest
This poem is actually about how Blake blames God for creating God and evil, the lamb is gentle and th tiger is not. God created them both needlessly much like Blake believes that man was created in a material form only to loose his soul.
| Posted on 2009-07-03 | by a guest
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I'm not a poetry buff, in fact I know nothing about them, I however adore this poem...and Tigers. The way Blake describes them their symmetry...as a creature of awe and wonder captures their very essance. I've seen, observed, photographed Tigers in the wilds of India, they're not menacing, something Blake does not put across, least of all from his Tyger illustraion. They are goddly creatures truly created by an immortal hand.
| Posted on 2009-06-23 | by a guest
I'm not a poetry buff, in fact I know nothing about them, I however adore this poem...and Tigers. The way Blake describes them their symmetry...as a creature of awe and wonder captures their very essance. I've seen, observed, photographed Tigers in the wilds of India, they're not menacing, something Blake does not put across, least of all from his Tyger illustraion. They are goddly creatures truly created by an immortal hand.
| Posted on 2009-06-23 | by a guest
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it is avery nice poem
I cannot say any thing else
| Posted on 2009-05-28 | by a guest
it is avery nice poem
I cannot say any thing else
| Posted on 2009-05-28 | by a guest
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My analysis - by The Weeping Quill (I have done an analysis for both The Chimney Sweeper poems, and The Divine Image.)
The tiger is grand and perfect, monstrous and mechanical: the speaker cannot comprehend how one (God) could render such ‘perfect symmetry’. This symmetry alludes to something inhumane, a machine whose components work extraordinarily after having been ‘forged’ on an anvil. This fragmentation is symbolic of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, as it is a marvel, yet a monster. The term symmetry contrives the notion of adroitness and perfection, as it is a machine; this, fundamentally, relates to the French revolution and industrialisation, as jobs once performed by men and women, will have their roles assumed by machines. The symmetry opposes the asymmetrical qualities of mankind. The creation, being preposterous yet brilliant, compares mankind’s creations with God’s. The tiger is enticing and comely, yet it bears the trademark of mankind imbuing various traits, and it lurks in ‘the darkest forests’. The ‘fearful hand’ that frames its symmetry conveys a fearful artist, framing his work, yet timorous of his own creation: this contrast with the last line, whereby the ‘immortal hand or eye’ is questioned in that it may not ‘dare to frame thy fearful symmetry’. The term fearful is rather oblique, as man is fearful of beasts, yet the tiger is, in fact, fearful of mankind, as it is the spawn of man’s hands, and however superb it may be, it does not hold dominion.
The tiger’s awe-inspiring and ornate image belies the gentle innocence of the lamb, as God is queried, ‘did he who make the lamb make thee?’ Despite its nonpareil beauty, the tiger is depicted as a weapon that ‘deadly terrors clasp’. Blake, being a romantic poet, adorns this poem with the romanticism of the tiger, in that it ‘burnt the fire of thine eyes’, and, on wings, he aspires; the tiger is art, expressionism and, more intrinsically, human nature and its creations.
| Posted on 2009-04-27 | by a guest
My analysis - by The Weeping Quill (I have done an analysis for both The Chimney Sweeper poems, and The Divine Image.)
The tiger is grand and perfect, monstrous and mechanical: the speaker cannot comprehend how one (God) could render such ‘perfect symmetry’. This symmetry alludes to something inhumane, a machine whose components work extraordinarily after having been ‘forged’ on an anvil. This fragmentation is symbolic of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, as it is a marvel, yet a monster. The term symmetry contrives the notion of adroitness and perfection, as it is a machine; this, fundamentally, relates to the French revolution and industrialisation, as jobs once performed by men and women, will have their roles assumed by machines. The symmetry opposes the asymmetrical qualities of mankind. The creation, being preposterous yet brilliant, compares mankind’s creations with God’s. The tiger is enticing and comely, yet it bears the trademark of mankind imbuing various traits, and it lurks in ‘the darkest forests’. The ‘fearful hand’ that frames its symmetry conveys a fearful artist, framing his work, yet timorous of his own creation: this contrast with the last line, whereby the ‘immortal hand or eye’ is questioned in that it may not ‘dare to frame thy fearful symmetry’. The term fearful is rather oblique, as man is fearful of beasts, yet the tiger is, in fact, fearful of mankind, as it is the spawn of man’s hands, and however superb it may be, it does not hold dominion.
The tiger’s awe-inspiring and ornate image belies the gentle innocence of the lamb, as God is queried, ‘did he who make the lamb make thee?’ Despite its nonpareil beauty, the tiger is depicted as a weapon that ‘deadly terrors clasp’. Blake, being a romantic poet, adorns this poem with the romanticism of the tiger, in that it ‘burnt the fire of thine eyes’, and, on wings, he aspires; the tiger is art, expressionism and, more intrinsically, human nature and its creations.
| Posted on 2009-04-27 | by a guest
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this poem is a very confusing one, it is one that can be thought of in many different oppinions. In my oppinion i think it is about a tiger hunting he watches and finds his pray and the poem tell you about him in great confusing detail.
| Posted on 2009-03-29 | by a guest
this poem is a very confusing one, it is one that can be thought of in many different oppinions. In my oppinion i think it is about a tiger hunting he watches and finds his pray and the poem tell you about him in great confusing detail.
| Posted on 2009-03-29 | by a guest
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In addition to my last comment, look at Blake's illustration to this poem. The tyger does not look menacing at all. This is because the fear is all in the narrators mind.
| Posted on 2009-03-25 | by a guest
In addition to my last comment, look at Blake's illustration to this poem. The tyger does not look menacing at all. This is because the fear is all in the narrators mind.
| Posted on 2009-03-25 | by a guest
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In relation to the first few comments, it is important to remember that this is NOT BLAKE NARRATING THE POEM, it is a NARRATOR that Blake has created, the same narrator for all the poems in 'experience'. This is not Blake's view, he is critical of this perception that we can blame all exterior things that terrify us on an external 'god', when the source is in ourselves (in our 'mind-forged manacles). The narrator fails to understand how the same source could have created the tyger and the lamb, and fails to see that god is in man (an idea Blake believed). Read some of his other poetry to understand his idea of God. But you cannot say it is the same ideas the narrator has!
| Posted on 2009-03-25 | by a guest
In relation to the first few comments, it is important to remember that this is NOT BLAKE NARRATING THE POEM, it is a NARRATOR that Blake has created, the same narrator for all the poems in 'experience'. This is not Blake's view, he is critical of this perception that we can blame all exterior things that terrify us on an external 'god', when the source is in ourselves (in our 'mind-forged manacles). The narrator fails to understand how the same source could have created the tyger and the lamb, and fails to see that god is in man (an idea Blake believed). Read some of his other poetry to understand his idea of God. But you cannot say it is the same ideas the narrator has!
| Posted on 2009-03-25 | by a guest
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i want ask about words "eye","aspire", "fire"
"art", "heart", "chain", "grasp"....
and ather words,, What they related to??
and It is positive or nwgative?
thank you.
| Posted on 2009-03-20 | by a guest
i want ask about words "eye","aspire", "fire"
"art", "heart", "chain", "grasp"....
and ather words,, What they related to??
and It is positive or nwgative?
thank you.
| Posted on 2009-03-20 | by a guest
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this poem conveys a very strong meaning in contrasting the differences between good and evil. the tyger, obviously symbolizing evil, is described in such a way as to put fear into the reader. and the line, "in what furnace was thy brain?" you kind of get the feeling the the tyger came straight from hell. he symbolizes solitude, fire, and all things evil. the lamb on the other hand is symbolizing innocence and constant companionship. the way in which they are described is an amazing way to show the contrast and differece in God's creatures. the poet also questions the fact that the two animals were created by the same person. in the lines that read, "What immortal hand or eye, dare frame thy fearful symmetry" the writer questions the work of god, because whoever made the lamb could not possibly make another creature so horrible that he is the apitimy of all evil.
| Posted on 2009-03-20 | by a guest
this poem conveys a very strong meaning in contrasting the differences between good and evil. the tyger, obviously symbolizing evil, is described in such a way as to put fear into the reader. and the line, "in what furnace was thy brain?" you kind of get the feeling the the tyger came straight from hell. he symbolizes solitude, fire, and all things evil. the lamb on the other hand is symbolizing innocence and constant companionship. the way in which they are described is an amazing way to show the contrast and differece in God's creatures. the poet also questions the fact that the two animals were created by the same person. in the lines that read, "What immortal hand or eye, dare frame thy fearful symmetry" the writer questions the work of god, because whoever made the lamb could not possibly make another creature so horrible that he is the apitimy of all evil.
| Posted on 2009-03-20 | by a guest
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In “The Tyger”, William Blake utilizes visual imagery to develop the Tyger as a metonymy of evil that clashes with the Lamb, a traditional symbol of good. In establishing the conflict between the Tyger and the Lamb using figurative language, Blake considers the source of these two elements and concludes that they are of the same.
Blake uses visual imagery to develop the Tyger as a metonymy of evil in order to establish a conflict between the Tyger and the Lamb. The lines “Tyger Tyger. burning bright,/ in the forests of the night” (1-2) and, “In what distant deeps or skies./Burnt the fire of thine eyes?” (5-6) portray infinite solitude, a condition which clashes with the Lamb’s provision of eternal comfort and companionship. This conflict continues by means of visual imagery in the fourth stanza.
“What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp.
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?” (11-14)
Blake depicts the forging of the Tyger using the nouns, “hammer”, “chain”, “furnace”, and “anvil”, objects forged in the core of the Earth by means of heat and fire. In doing so, he connotes a sense of Hell and chaos, which calls into doubt the joy and everlasting peace promised by the Lamb.
In establishing the conflict between the Tyger and the Lamb, Blake is able to consider the sources of these two entities and continues to use figurative language to represent ideas as physical beings. In the lines, “What immortal hand or eye./ Could frame thy fearful symmetry?” (3-4) and “And what shoulder, & what art,/Could twist the sinews of thy heart?” (9-10), Blake’s use of the word “immortal” suggests the work of a god, and he asks which god could have created such a frightening yet striking creature. This question is repeated in the stanza, when Blake’s persona asks, “Did he smile his work to see?/Did he who made the Lamb make thee?” (17-18). Blake questions the perfection of Earth’s creation and of Earth’s Creator and entertains the idea that the Tyger and the Lamb—good and evil—are of the same source.
Blake’s use of visual imagery as a device to develop the themes of good and evil in the Lamb and the Tyger allows him to establish the conflict that exists between these two elements. Upon doing so, he is able to consider their source and asks what kind of god created both the Lamb and the Tyger. Though Blake’s persona feigns incredulity throughout the poem, he is in fact commenting on the unity and symmetry of all things. Blake stresses that terror exists in perfection and that they are connected, just as the Tyger and the Lamb are connected. He ascertains that the blacksmith who forged the Tyger in the depths of Hell was the same god who created the Lamb. In this manner, he claims that good and evil are inseparable, and that one does not exist without the other.
| Posted on 2009-01-19 | by a guest
In “The Tyger”, William Blake utilizes visual imagery to develop the Tyger as a metonymy of evil that clashes with the Lamb, a traditional symbol of good. In establishing the conflict between the Tyger and the Lamb using figurative language, Blake considers the source of these two elements and concludes that they are of the same.
Blake uses visual imagery to develop the Tyger as a metonymy of evil in order to establish a conflict between the Tyger and the Lamb. The lines “Tyger Tyger. burning bright,/ in the forests of the night” (1-2) and, “In what distant deeps or skies./Burnt the fire of thine eyes?” (5-6) portray infinite solitude, a condition which clashes with the Lamb’s provision of eternal comfort and companionship. This conflict continues by means of visual imagery in the fourth stanza.
“What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp.
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?” (11-14)
Blake depicts the forging of the Tyger using the nouns, “hammer”, “chain”, “furnace”, and “anvil”, objects forged in the core of the Earth by means of heat and fire. In doing so, he connotes a sense of Hell and chaos, which calls into doubt the joy and everlasting peace promised by the Lamb.
In establishing the conflict between the Tyger and the Lamb, Blake is able to consider the sources of these two entities and continues to use figurative language to represent ideas as physical beings. In the lines, “What immortal hand or eye./ Could frame thy fearful symmetry?” (3-4) and “And what shoulder, & what art,/Could twist the sinews of thy heart?” (9-10), Blake’s use of the word “immortal” suggests the work of a god, and he asks which god could have created such a frightening yet striking creature. This question is repeated in the stanza, when Blake’s persona asks, “Did he smile his work to see?/Did he who made the Lamb make thee?” (17-18). Blake questions the perfection of Earth’s creation and of Earth’s Creator and entertains the idea that the Tyger and the Lamb—good and evil—are of the same source.
Blake’s use of visual imagery as a device to develop the themes of good and evil in the Lamb and the Tyger allows him to establish the conflict that exists between these two elements. Upon doing so, he is able to consider their source and asks what kind of god created both the Lamb and the Tyger. Though Blake’s persona feigns incredulity throughout the poem, he is in fact commenting on the unity and symmetry of all things. Blake stresses that terror exists in perfection and that they are connected, just as the Tyger and the Lamb are connected. He ascertains that the blacksmith who forged the Tyger in the depths of Hell was the same god who created the Lamb. In this manner, he claims that good and evil are inseparable, and that one does not exist without the other.
| Posted on 2009-01-19 | by a guest
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The poem is about the interference of fear within humanity manifested through the idea of beauty
Ruben
| Posted on 2009-01-12 | by a guest
The poem is about the interference of fear within humanity manifested through the idea of beauty
Ruben
| Posted on 2009-01-12 | by a guest
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"THE TYGER" by william blake is a poem full of contrast.
the world is to live and let live. god has created us all. He does not allow evil tendancies to grow in this world. though He has created tiger, a symol of evil passions,He does not allow terror, fierce,crookedness and other evil tendancies to grow in nature. man is the best creation of god. it is humanity that breeds love and faternity in the world.
when the tiger was created, it was sort of challengs to the nature as construction is the spirit of nature and distruction is the spirit of tiger. hence natur shed tears when tiger was created.
the basic concept of poem is that of fire. it is said that eyes are the mirrors of one's mind. the poet saw burning fire in the eyes of the tiger. but nature wants peace, innocence and beauty.
in the 5th stanza, poet discribes the whole process of putting life in the body which has importance in a life of a native. mars, planet of warfare and dashing spirit gave all this qualities when he saw the power of the tiger. we can also interprete that nature shed tears when they saw distructive power being more powerfull.
the poet questions that is the creator of tiger and lamb is the same? lamb is peacefull, innocent and filled with goodness.
the poet wishes that the readers must take the example of the lamb. they should live a harmless and peaceful life. nature wantspeace and not terror.
sonali.
| Posted on 2009-01-05 | by a guest
"THE TYGER" by william blake is a poem full of contrast.
the world is to live and let live. god has created us all. He does not allow evil tendancies to grow in this world. though He has created tiger, a symol of evil passions,He does not allow terror, fierce,crookedness and other evil tendancies to grow in nature. man is the best creation of god. it is humanity that breeds love and faternity in the world.
when the tiger was created, it was sort of challengs to the nature as construction is the spirit of nature and distruction is the spirit of tiger. hence natur shed tears when tiger was created.
the basic concept of poem is that of fire. it is said that eyes are the mirrors of one's mind. the poet saw burning fire in the eyes of the tiger. but nature wants peace, innocence and beauty.
in the 5th stanza, poet discribes the whole process of putting life in the body which has importance in a life of a native. mars, planet of warfare and dashing spirit gave all this qualities when he saw the power of the tiger. we can also interprete that nature shed tears when they saw distructive power being more powerfull.
the poet questions that is the creator of tiger and lamb is the same? lamb is peacefull, innocent and filled with goodness.
the poet wishes that the readers must take the example of the lamb. they should live a harmless and peaceful life. nature wantspeace and not terror.
sonali.
| Posted on 2009-01-05 | by a guest
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4. Through the choice of words and tones, how does Blake see the tiger?
5. How are the two poems a contrast? What could this contrast possibly mean?
6. Consider that God made all creatures and made the lamb,
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
7. How could the tiger be a reflection of reality? How is it still a reflection of today?
| Posted on 2008-08-17 | by a guest
4. Through the choice of words and tones, how does Blake see the tiger?
5. How are the two poems a contrast? What could this contrast possibly mean?
6. Consider that God made all creatures and made the lamb,
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
7. How could the tiger be a reflection of reality? How is it still a reflection of today?
| Posted on 2008-08-17 | by a guest
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I believe that Blake is trying to tell the audience about the two sidedness of God. There is a balance or symmetry between Good and Evil. The Tyger represents evil while the Lamb represents Good.
| Posted on 2008-06-14 | by a guest
I believe that Blake is trying to tell the audience about the two sidedness of God. There is a balance or symmetry between Good and Evil. The Tyger represents evil while the Lamb represents Good.
| Posted on 2008-06-14 | by a guest
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1-8 William Blake’s poem “The Tyger” is rhetoric because no answer is given. His audience is challenged to imagine how God or something so powerful could create the incredible tiger. The idea of the tiger being made by someone with hands and eyes refers to one of the stories in the biblical book of Genesis, where God walks in the Garden of Eden and shuts Noah in his ark. Lines 3 and 4 explain that Blake is amazed at how God could create such a frightening yet beautiful creature with such precise appearance. It can also represent the balance between good and bad.
9-16. Was God’s creation like an industrial process? Are we machines? Did machines make us? Those were the questions the author asked himself. Religion VS Science is the theme of these 2 stanzas. In lines 13-15 you ask yourself how God can make peace and violence. Why would God make aggression and brutality if he made tranquility and harmony? If God is so powerful then how dare he allow evil to arise and occur daily?
17-24 The second-to-last stanza refers to Genesis and the story of creation. There were six days of creation, on the seventh God took a rest. He looked at his work and saw that it was good. The poem tells us that God was pleased with His making, but the poet wonders if God was pleased with his creation of the tiger. If he was not then how was he the one who made The Lamb. The poem ends with the same question that was asked at the beginning. Blake changed the verb “could” to “dare” which makes the ending more powerful and states his opinion of incredulity.
| Posted on 2008-05-06 | by a guest
1-8 William Blake’s poem “The Tyger” is rhetoric because no answer is given. His audience is challenged to imagine how God or something so powerful could create the incredible tiger. The idea of the tiger being made by someone with hands and eyes refers to one of the stories in the biblical book of Genesis, where God walks in the Garden of Eden and shuts Noah in his ark. Lines 3 and 4 explain that Blake is amazed at how God could create such a frightening yet beautiful creature with such precise appearance. It can also represent the balance between good and bad.
9-16. Was God’s creation like an industrial process? Are we machines? Did machines make us? Those were the questions the author asked himself. Religion VS Science is the theme of these 2 stanzas. In lines 13-15 you ask yourself how God can make peace and violence. Why would God make aggression and brutality if he made tranquility and harmony? If God is so powerful then how dare he allow evil to arise and occur daily?
17-24 The second-to-last stanza refers to Genesis and the story of creation. There were six days of creation, on the seventh God took a rest. He looked at his work and saw that it was good. The poem tells us that God was pleased with His making, but the poet wonders if God was pleased with his creation of the tiger. If he was not then how was he the one who made The Lamb. The poem ends with the same question that was asked at the beginning. Blake changed the verb “could” to “dare” which makes the ending more powerful and states his opinion of incredulity.
| Posted on 2008-05-06 | by a guest
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IN fact we have atiger of flesh and blood greated by god and another tiger created by the arist who is moved by the power and beauty of the tiger to imitate it as admirer not as achallanger.the structure of the poem indicates that we have atiger with his head body and tail .there is harmony between the tiger with his primitive terrifying beauty and the poem in its structureand metrical patterns.the tiger is asymbol of primitive liberity >
| Posted on 2008-04-17 | by a guest
IN fact we have atiger of flesh and blood greated by god and another tiger created by the arist who is moved by the power and beauty of the tiger to imitate it as admirer not as achallanger.the structure of the poem indicates that we have atiger with his head body and tail .there is harmony between the tiger with his primitive terrifying beauty and the poem in its structureand metrical patterns.the tiger is asymbol of primitive liberity >
| Posted on 2008-04-17 | by a guest
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I love this piece, I searched for quite a while, then clicked "back" and found uber search...grr. I've read this piece a lot, but all the other times that whole body (middle section) of the piece had been cut out, and I see now how much I've missed out, I absolutely love this piece, got to be my favorite. I find it wierd that tiger is spelled tyger, but I'm guessing its from the era it was wrote, and I like that spelling. But this piece is extremely encaptivating, and if you read it, read it slowly and carefully, there is a lot in it, don't miss out.:)
| Posted on 2004-07-19 | by Anarius
| Posted on 2008-04-09 | by a guest
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I love this piece, I searched for quite a while, then clicked "back" and found uber search...grr. I've read this piece a lot, but all the other times that whole body (middle section) of the piece had been cut out, and I see now how much I've missed out, I absolutely love this piece, got to be my favorite. I find it wierd that tiger is spelled tyger, but I'm guessing its from the era it was wrote, and I like that spelling. But this piece is extremely encaptivating, and if you read it, read it slowly and carefully, there is a lot in it, don't miss out.:)
| Posted on 2004-07-19 | by Anarius
| Posted on 2008-04-09 | by a guest
.: The TYger :.
The tyger, spelled this way because blake only used a tiger to represent the power and destructive strong force of technology. This is why Blake spelled tiger with a TYger instead of a TIger, to show that the creation of a TIger is perfectly SYmmetrical with our creation of technology. In a way he say that we play God by creating something as great as the Tiger that only God could create. Blake could believe that we are Gods of this world, or atleast we think we are.
Based that off of "| Posted on 2005-03-16 | by Approved Guest" that guy. He has the right idea. Its all about the indutrial revolution. Nothing else. The idea of Icarus and Prometheus is also right, it shows our symmetrical actions of Disobiedience to the gods or God just like Icarus and Prometheus. These two beings could have been Greek Heroes or Two angels.
Which is a good way to look at it since Blake hated the idea of the industrial revolution since it is now the reason for the Destruction of the world. This poem is kind of a like a Prediction even though Blake might not have known it. He predicted the Destruction of the O-ZOne layer and Earth it self by us. Maybe it could be that we are the Gods of this earth. We control what happens here and we've destroyed it. This could the thoughts of William Blake, not just the thoughts of Me. I may very well be the reincarnation of Blake...its possible...anything is.haha But seriously, he predicted the destruction of earth through these words "Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?"
Showing that we burnt up the forest with our fire in england and destroyed it while the Tiger "God" Watch it happen, which shows the "Fire in his eyes" the reflection of the fire in the Forest. And with "What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?" he says how dare we create something "Frame" as powerful as the cretion of the Tiger.
"In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare sieze the fire?"
The Burnt the fire in thine eyes here, asks where Icarus and Prometheus got their drive from to create flight "wings dare he aspire" and give humans fire "what hand dare sieze the fire". "Dare Sieze" means "how dare Prometheus take responciblity of what is not his".
| Posted on 2008-03-31 | by a guest
The tyger, spelled this way because blake only used a tiger to represent the power and destructive strong force of technology. This is why Blake spelled tiger with a TYger instead of a TIger, to show that the creation of a TIger is perfectly SYmmetrical with our creation of technology. In a way he say that we play God by creating something as great as the Tiger that only God could create. Blake could believe that we are Gods of this world, or atleast we think we are.
Based that off of "| Posted on 2005-03-16 | by Approved Guest" that guy. He has the right idea. Its all about the indutrial revolution. Nothing else. The idea of Icarus and Prometheus is also right, it shows our symmetrical actions of Disobiedience to the gods or God just like Icarus and Prometheus. These two beings could have been Greek Heroes or Two angels.
Which is a good way to look at it since Blake hated the idea of the industrial revolution since it is now the reason for the Destruction of the world. This poem is kind of a like a Prediction even though Blake might not have known it. He predicted the Destruction of the O-ZOne layer and Earth it self by us. Maybe it could be that we are the Gods of this earth. We control what happens here and we've destroyed it. This could the thoughts of William Blake, not just the thoughts of Me. I may very well be the reincarnation of Blake...its possible...anything is.haha But seriously, he predicted the destruction of earth through these words "Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?"
Showing that we burnt up the forest with our fire in england and destroyed it while the Tiger "God" Watch it happen, which shows the "Fire in his eyes" the reflection of the fire in the Forest. And with "What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?" he says how dare we create something "Frame" as powerful as the cretion of the Tiger.
"In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare sieze the fire?"
The Burnt the fire in thine eyes here, asks where Icarus and Prometheus got their drive from to create flight "wings dare he aspire" and give humans fire "what hand dare sieze the fire". "Dare Sieze" means "how dare Prometheus take responciblity of what is not his".
| Posted on 2008-03-31 | by a guest
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The Tyger can represent a divine idea from God. It burns in the forest of the night spreading through the darkness. Since Blake was a supporter of the French Revolution, the tyger could represent the idea of freedom. It was started and put into practice by man, by orginally it was given by God, in order to satisify His will.
| Posted on 2008-03-27 | by a guest
The Tyger can represent a divine idea from God. It burns in the forest of the night spreading through the darkness. Since Blake was a supporter of the French Revolution, the tyger could represent the idea of freedom. It was started and put into practice by man, by orginally it was given by God, in order to satisify His will.
| Posted on 2008-03-27 | by a guest
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It is spelled 'tyger' to soften the image of a tiger. It is not only fierce and strong, but gentle and magnificent as well.
| Posted on 2008-03-19 | by a guest
It is spelled 'tyger' to soften the image of a tiger. It is not only fierce and strong, but gentle and magnificent as well.
| Posted on 2008-03-19 | by a guest
.: I'm a Tiger (in bed) :.
Like originally stated, the Tyger is actually symbollic for rough sex, like, well, a tiger. The Tyger is the animalistic need in all of us to be satisfied. And who doesn't like it rough?
The Lamb is softer more delicat sex...yada yada yada...
I'm a tiger (in bed).
| Posted on 2008-03-11 | by a guest
Like originally stated, the Tyger is actually symbollic for rough sex, like, well, a tiger. The Tyger is the animalistic need in all of us to be satisfied. And who doesn't like it rough?
The Lamb is softer more delicat sex...yada yada yada...
I'm a tiger (in bed).
| Posted on 2008-03-11 | by a guest
.: :.
The tyger actually represents rough sex, and the lamb represents soft and emotional sex. Did the same man create this agressive and soft nature???
| Posted on 2008-03-03 | by a guest
The tyger actually represents rough sex, and the lamb represents soft and emotional sex. Did the same man create this agressive and soft nature???
| Posted on 2008-03-03 | by a guest
.: :.
The spelling of "Tyger" is not symbolic for anything..this is before any official dictionary had been published so spelling was up for grabs, so to speak.
The overall tone of this poem is incredulity. Blake's dramatist persona can't or does not want to come to grips with the fact that his God can be both benevolent and malevolent.
The first few stanzas have already been explained in previous posts...the shoulder and art, and the fire, and the beating heart...
What I haven't seen yet (maybe because I skimmed very briefly) is an analysis of "And what the hammer, what the chain, in what furnace was they brain, and anvil and what dread grasp, dare its deadly terrors clasp"
These are references to Hephaestus, the blacksmith in Greek mythology. The hammer and anvil and furnace are the references to Hephaestus, because the dramatist persona is trying to exploring the hope that man might have made such a fearful thing as the tiger. The persona realizes, however, that it was indeed a God that created such a terrifying creature, "Did he smile his work to see? Did he who made the Lamb make thee?" God made the lamb (refer to The Lamb in songs of innocence) and so he realizes that the same God made the tiger. Notice how Blake chose not to underline "he" as the pronoun for God. I cannot quite explain this lack of reverence, but maybe it is simply to accompany his incredulity.
Blake's last line "Dare frame thy fearful symmetry" is different from the last line of the first quatrain "Could frame thy fearful symmetry" in that the persona is topping off his incredulity.
| Posted on 2008-02-25 | by a guest
The spelling of "Tyger" is not symbolic for anything..this is before any official dictionary had been published so spelling was up for grabs, so to speak.
The overall tone of this poem is incredulity. Blake's dramatist persona can't or does not want to come to grips with the fact that his God can be both benevolent and malevolent.
The first few stanzas have already been explained in previous posts...the shoulder and art, and the fire, and the beating heart...
What I haven't seen yet (maybe because I skimmed very briefly) is an analysis of "And what the hammer, what the chain, in what furnace was they brain, and anvil and what dread grasp, dare its deadly terrors clasp"
These are references to Hephaestus, the blacksmith in Greek mythology. The hammer and anvil and furnace are the references to Hephaestus, because the dramatist persona is trying to exploring the hope that man might have made such a fearful thing as the tiger. The persona realizes, however, that it was indeed a God that created such a terrifying creature, "Did he smile his work to see? Did he who made the Lamb make thee?" God made the lamb (refer to The Lamb in songs of innocence) and so he realizes that the same God made the tiger. Notice how Blake chose not to underline "he" as the pronoun for God. I cannot quite explain this lack of reverence, but maybe it is simply to accompany his incredulity.
Blake's last line "Dare frame thy fearful symmetry" is different from the last line of the first quatrain "Could frame thy fearful symmetry" in that the persona is topping off his incredulity.
| Posted on 2008-02-25 | by a guest
.: 'Tyger' or 'tiger'? :.
I am studying this poem for English GCSE coursework and do find it an incredibly powerful poem with lots to say when I'm analysing it.
Lots of people are asking why it is spelt 'tyger' instead of 'tiger'. I think it is typical of traditional writing when words were spelt differently and how they were spelt didn't matter. I also think it has more emphasis spelt 'tyger'.
| Posted on 2008-02-19 | by a guest
I am studying this poem for English GCSE coursework and do find it an incredibly powerful poem with lots to say when I'm analysing it.
Lots of people are asking why it is spelt 'tyger' instead of 'tiger'. I think it is typical of traditional writing when words were spelt differently and how they were spelt didn't matter. I also think it has more emphasis spelt 'tyger'.
| Posted on 2008-02-19 | by a guest
.: 'Tyger' or 'tiger'? :.
I am studying this poem for English GCSE coursework and do find it an incredibly powerful poem with lots to say when I'm analysing it.
Lots of people are asking why it is spelt 'tyger' instead of 'tiger'. I think it is typical of traditional writing when words were spelt differently and how they were spelt didn't matter. I also think it has more emphasis spelt 'tyger'.
| Posted on 2008-02-19 | by a guest
I am studying this poem for English GCSE coursework and do find it an incredibly powerful poem with lots to say when I'm analysing it.
Lots of people are asking why it is spelt 'tyger' instead of 'tiger'. I think it is typical of traditional writing when words were spelt differently and how they were spelt didn't matter. I also think it has more emphasis spelt 'tyger'.
| Posted on 2008-02-19 | by a guest
.: :.
The poem in general refers to Blakes disillusionment at the time; his disillusionment about his faith and society. His disillusionment can be referred to in many parts of the poem. One way is the most common way that this poem is interpreted; about there being good and evil and of why would their be a God that would create a juxtaposition of two animals of a lamb and a tiger. That also refers to the whole allusion of Jesus being the lamb of God and the tiger being society and the theme of the
| Posted on 2008-01-11 | by a guest
The poem in general refers to Blakes disillusionment at the time; his disillusionment about his faith and society. His disillusionment can be referred to in many parts of the poem. One way is the most common way that this poem is interpreted; about there being good and evil and of why would their be a God that would create a juxtaposition of two animals of a lamb and a tiger. That also refers to the whole allusion of Jesus being the lamb of God and the tiger being society and the theme of the
| Posted on 2008-01-11 | by a guest
.: The Tyger :.
Tyger Tyger burning bright An epic beginning to an incredible poem. The capitalization of the second Tyger indicates strength and simply a bite that I think has to be maintained in reciting. The alliteration of the hard consonant sounds also capture attention rarely has this common poetic device worked so well. The Tyger is burning bright a first reference to fire that is a constant recurring theme in the poem. Blake had been working on a Narrative of Surinam by Stedman in his workin
| Posted on 2007-12-13 | by a guest
Tyger Tyger burning bright An epic beginning to an incredible poem. The capitalization of the second Tyger indicates strength and simply a bite that I think has to be maintained in reciting. The alliteration of the hard consonant sounds also capture attention rarely has this common poetic device worked so well. The Tyger is burning bright a first reference to fire that is a constant recurring theme in the poem. Blake had been working on a Narrative of Surinam by Stedman in his workin
| Posted on 2007-12-13 | by a guest
.: :.
It's the Tyger instead of the Tiger because the Tyger is representative of evil or in Blakes case industry (shown in the 4th stanza and the fact that he grew up during the industrial revolution)
Also "Did he who made the Lamb make thee?" is referring to god. the lamb being jesus (lamb of god) as we all know Blake was a religious man considering the time. And since tigers eat lambs maybe he is referring to the impact on mother nature (or what jesus was sacrificed for) by the tyger (the tyger being factories etc)
| Posted on 2007-11-22 | by a guest
It's the Tyger instead of the Tiger because the Tyger is representative of evil or in Blakes case industry (shown in the 4th stanza and the fact that he grew up during the industrial revolution)
Also "Did he who made the Lamb make thee?" is referring to god. the lamb being jesus (lamb of god) as we all know Blake was a religious man considering the time. And since tigers eat lambs maybe he is referring to the impact on mother nature (or what jesus was sacrificed for) by the tyger (the tyger being factories etc)
| Posted on 2007-11-22 | by a guest
.: English Lit. :.
Can you please give me the critique or analysis of the poem:The Tiger by William Blake but not like the ones above because I do not really find them helpful. What I mean is that you write the poem with the meanings according to each stanza, which is written in next to it.
Thank you very much!!
I find it very helpful to use this site!!
Keep up the good work!! :)
| Posted on 2007-11-15 | by a guest
Can you please give me the critique or analysis of the poem:The Tiger by William Blake but not like the ones above because I do not really find them helpful. What I mean is that you write the poem with the meanings according to each stanza, which is written in next to it.
Thank you very much!!
I find it very helpful to use this site!!
Keep up the good work!! :)
| Posted on 2007-11-15 | by a guest
.: :.
i think that the tiger, it is actaully spelt "tiger" in all the books i've read is about the contrast between good and evil. because this poem contrats itself with 'the lamb', the lamb is the innocent and meek. wheras the tiger is the all powerful and strong. it shows a childs perspective and how things change when you grow up. as a child you see things in a different light as to when you are an adult.
| Posted on 2007-10-20 | by a guest
i think that the tiger, it is actaully spelt "tiger" in all the books i've read is about the contrast between good and evil. because this poem contrats itself with 'the lamb', the lamb is the innocent and meek. wheras the tiger is the all powerful and strong. it shows a childs perspective and how things change when you grow up. as a child you see things in a different light as to when you are an adult.
| Posted on 2007-10-20 | by a guest
.: :.
I am doing a project on it and I believe that part of it is that as a generalization man kind especially in this day and age are fascinated with the dark side of life. The tyger is part of this it is the evil in evil in everyone's heart and soul. It's claws rip into you like evil does to the human soul. Also it is part of the fact that people are drawn to the sleek and almost sexy power that the tyger offers. Look at even in real life as a child the lamb is what you look at and are terrified by the tyger. As we get older the lamb is nice and all but we want to see the tyger.
| Posted on 2007-10-17 | by a guest
I am doing a project on it and I believe that part of it is that as a generalization man kind especially in this day and age are fascinated with the dark side of life. The tyger is part of this it is the evil in evil in everyone's heart and soul. It's claws rip into you like evil does to the human soul. Also it is part of the fact that people are drawn to the sleek and almost sexy power that the tyger offers. Look at even in real life as a child the lamb is what you look at and are terrified by the tyger. As we get older the lamb is nice and all but we want to see the tyger.
| Posted on 2007-10-17 | by a guest
.: :.
I am doing a project on it and I believe that part of it is that as a generalization man kind especially in this day and age are fascinated with the dark side of life. The tyger is part of this it is the evil in evil in everyone's heart and soul. It's claws rip into you like evil does to the human soul. Also it is part of the fact that people are drawn to the sleek and almost sexy power that the tyger offers. Look at even in real life as a child the lamb is what you look at and are terrified by the tyger. As we get older the lamb is nice and all but we want to see the tyger.
| Posted on 2007-10-17 | by a guest
I am doing a project on it and I believe that part of it is that as a generalization man kind especially in this day and age are fascinated with the dark side of life. The tyger is part of this it is the evil in evil in everyone's heart and soul. It's claws rip into you like evil does to the human soul. Also it is part of the fact that people are drawn to the sleek and almost sexy power that the tyger offers. Look at even in real life as a child the lamb is what you look at and are terrified by the tyger. As we get older the lamb is nice and all but we want to see the tyger.
| Posted on 2007-10-17 | by a guest
.: tyger :.
The Tyger (in my opinion) represents how when you first hear about the goodness of God, you ask yourself, why is there bloodshed, fear and pain?
The first thing you notice about the poem is the way tyger is spelt, this is emphasised by the tyger been in a forest rather than a jungle. Not only does this firstly soften the image of the tyger (oddly) but it contributes to the unnatural atmosphere first contributed by the spelling choice.
"fearful symmetry," suggests, abstract and frightful, and the reader notices the beautiful contrast with which the almost oxymoronic language is laid side by side.
"burning bright," "burnt the fire of thine eyes," "twist the sinews of they heart," and "furnace was they brain," is figurative language, it is a intentially exaggerated image of the tygers creation.
The stars in stanza five are personified and therefore could represent satan on his fall from heaven, Blake may also have included them to show the cold reason and objective science, for in the time era, physics and chemistry were beginning to be questioned. They are also more negative than the sun or the moon, even though beautiful, as is the tyger.
The poem overall is a mockery of God, in the traditional role of goodness that is generally percieved. In this poem it is said not
| Posted on 2007-10-03 | by a guest
The Tyger (in my opinion) represents how when you first hear about the goodness of God, you ask yourself, why is there bloodshed, fear and pain?
The first thing you notice about the poem is the way tyger is spelt, this is emphasised by the tyger been in a forest rather than a jungle. Not only does this firstly soften the image of the tyger (oddly) but it contributes to the unnatural atmosphere first contributed by the spelling choice.
"fearful symmetry," suggests, abstract and frightful, and the reader notices the beautiful contrast with which the almost oxymoronic language is laid side by side.
"burning bright," "burnt the fire of thine eyes," "twist the sinews of they heart," and "furnace was they brain," is figurative language, it is a intentially exaggerated image of the tygers creation.
The stars in stanza five are personified and therefore could represent satan on his fall from heaven, Blake may also have included them to show the cold reason and objective science, for in the time era, physics and chemistry were beginning to be questioned. They are also more negative than the sun or the moon, even though beautiful, as is the tyger.
The poem overall is a mockery of God, in the traditional role of goodness that is generally percieved. In this poem it is said not
| Posted on 2007-10-03 | by a guest
.: my thoughts on the tiger :.
i am doing an assinment on the tiger and i have not completed it but i thought people might like to see my thoughts on it for the first half anyway...
“The Tiger” was published in 1974 as one of the songs of experience. It was written in contrast to another poem of his, “The Lamb” from songs of innocence.
The poem contains six stanzas, each containing two pairs of rhyming couplets (pair of successive lines or verse). This creates a sense of rhythm and continuity throughout the poem. From my point of view, I believe that William Blake writes this poem in this particular rhythm to mimic the motion of the tiger he is describing and to add a more dramatic effect.
Blake cleverly uses his words to make it obvious on what he is talking about but allows the reader to have to think hard into each line to understand more.
To me, “The Tiger” appears to be based not on the tiger itself but on its creator.
In the first stanza, William Blake simply writes an introduction for the poem, and describes the thoughts that come to him when he looks at the tiger. In the lines, “What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?” he is asking what god could have thought of and created such a frightening yet beautiful creature with such a precise appearance.
Judging from other peoples research, the phrase fearful symmetry may also refer to how it is balanced with the good and the bad, the innocence, the fearful etc.
In the fifth stanza, the last line, “Did he who made the lamb make thee?” follows the same question. Could the same person who made such an innocent, peaceful creature such as the lamb have also made a beast as frightful and deadly as the tiger? Is it possible for the same mind to create two such different creatures?
In the last stanza, Blake gives it a nice ending by repeating the first stanza.
The first thing noticed when anybody reads the poem is how Blake spelt it “tyger” rather than “tiger”. I have looked on the internet for an answer to this and found that I was not the only one puzzled. Nobody had heard of it being spelt in this way and it certainly was not English (Blake’s language)
i have not completed the last paragraph because i can not find an explanation...help anyone? please?
| Posted on 2007-09-24 | by a guest
i am doing an assinment on the tiger and i have not completed it but i thought people might like to see my thoughts on it for the first half anyway...
“The Tiger” was published in 1974 as one of the songs of experience. It was written in contrast to another poem of his, “The Lamb” from songs of innocence.
The poem contains six stanzas, each containing two pairs of rhyming couplets (pair of successive lines or verse). This creates a sense of rhythm and continuity throughout the poem. From my point of view, I believe that William Blake writes this poem in this particular rhythm to mimic the motion of the tiger he is describing and to add a more dramatic effect.
Blake cleverly uses his words to make it obvious on what he is talking about but allows the reader to have to think hard into each line to understand more.
To me, “The Tiger” appears to be based not on the tiger itself but on its creator.
In the first stanza, William Blake simply writes an introduction for the poem, and describes the thoughts that come to him when he looks at the tiger. In the lines, “What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?” he is asking what god could have thought of and created such a frightening yet beautiful creature with such a precise appearance.
Judging from other peoples research, the phrase fearful symmetry may also refer to how it is balanced with the good and the bad, the innocence, the fearful etc.
In the fifth stanza, the last line, “Did he who made the lamb make thee?” follows the same question. Could the same person who made such an innocent, peaceful creature such as the lamb have also made a beast as frightful and deadly as the tiger? Is it possible for the same mind to create two such different creatures?
In the last stanza, Blake gives it a nice ending by repeating the first stanza.
The first thing noticed when anybody reads the poem is how Blake spelt it “tyger” rather than “tiger”. I have looked on the internet for an answer to this and found that I was not the only one puzzled. Nobody had heard of it being spelt in this way and it certainly was not English (Blake’s language)
i have not completed the last paragraph because i can not find an explanation...help anyone? please?
| Posted on 2007-09-24 | by a guest
.: my thoughts on the tiger :.
i am doing an assinment on the tiger and i have not completed it but i thought people might like to see my thoughts on it for the first half anyway...
“The Tiger” was published in 1974 as one of the songs of experience. It was written in contrast to another poem of his, “The Lamb” from songs of innocence.
The poem contains six stanzas, each containing two pairs of rhyming couplets (pair of successive lines or verse). This creates a sense of rhythm and continuity throughout the poem. From my point of view, I believe that William Blake writes this poem in this particular rhythm to mimic the motion of the tiger he is describing and to add a more dramatic effect.
Blake cleverly uses his words to make it obvious on what he is talking about but allows the reader to have to think hard into each line to understand more.
To me, “The Tiger” appears to be based not on the tiger itself but on its creator.
In the first stanza, William Blake simply writes an introduction for the poem, and describes the thoughts that come to him when he looks at the tiger. In the lines, “What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?” he is asking what god could have thought of and created such a frightening yet beautiful creature with such a precise appearance.
Judging from other peoples research, the phrase fearful symmetry may also refer to how it is balanced with the good and the bad, the innocence, the fearful etc.
In the fifth stanza, the last line, “Did he who made the lamb make thee?” follows the same question. Could the same person who made such an innocent, peaceful creature such as the lamb have also made a beast as frightful and deadly as the tiger? Is it possible for the same mind to create two such different creatures?
In the last stanza, Blake gives it a nice ending by repeating the first stanza.
The first thing noticed when anybody reads the poem is how Blake spelt it “tyger” rather than “tiger”. I have looked on the internet for an answer to this and found that I was not the only one puzzled. Nobody had heard of it being spelt in this way and it certainly was not English (Blake’s language)
i have not completed the last paragraph because i can not find an explanation...help anyone? please?
| Posted on 2007-09-24 | by a guest
i am doing an assinment on the tiger and i have not completed it but i thought people might like to see my thoughts on it for the first half anyway...
“The Tiger” was published in 1974 as one of the songs of experience. It was written in contrast to another poem of his, “The Lamb” from songs of innocence.
The poem contains six stanzas, each containing two pairs of rhyming couplets (pair of successive lines or verse). This creates a sense of rhythm and continuity throughout the poem. From my point of view, I believe that William Blake writes this poem in this particular rhythm to mimic the motion of the tiger he is describing and to add a more dramatic effect.
Blake cleverly uses his words to make it obvious on what he is talking about but allows the reader to have to think hard into each line to understand more.
To me, “The Tiger” appears to be based not on the tiger itself but on its creator.
In the first stanza, William Blake simply writes an introduction for the poem, and describes the thoughts that come to him when he looks at the tiger. In the lines, “What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?” he is asking what god could have thought of and created such a frightening yet beautiful creature with such a precise appearance.
Judging from other peoples research, the phrase fearful symmetry may also refer to how it is balanced with the good and the bad, the innocence, the fearful etc.
In the fifth stanza, the last line, “Did he who made the lamb make thee?” follows the same question. Could the same person who made such an innocent, peaceful creature such as the lamb have also made a beast as frightful and deadly as the tiger? Is it possible for the same mind to create two such different creatures?
In the last stanza, Blake gives it a nice ending by repeating the first stanza.
The first thing noticed when anybody reads the poem is how Blake spelt it “tyger” rather than “tiger”. I have looked on the internet for an answer to this and found that I was not the only one puzzled. Nobody had heard of it being spelt in this way and it certainly was not English (Blake’s language)
i have not completed the last paragraph because i can not find an explanation...help anyone? please?
| Posted on 2007-09-24 | by a guest
.: The Tyger :.
The poem The Tyger, by William Blake refers and stands out on how there is so much perfection, and evil at the same time, The Tyger itself, is actually Blake's representation of evil.
The first thing noticed about the poem is the way in which tiger is spelt, which may be interpreted into different ways, such as a purpose spelling mistake, or a mix between two languages.
This poem also contains the theme of creation in that it also mentions the Lamb, and talks about how God created two “opposite” animals, representing opposite themes.
| Posted on 2007-06-24 | by a guest
The poem The Tyger, by William Blake refers and stands out on how there is so much perfection, and evil at the same time, The Tyger itself, is actually Blake's representation of evil.
The first thing noticed about the poem is the way in which tiger is spelt, which may be interpreted into different ways, such as a purpose spelling mistake, or a mix between two languages.
This poem also contains the theme of creation in that it also mentions the Lamb, and talks about how God created two “opposite” animals, representing opposite themes.
| Posted on 2007-06-24 | by a guest
.: the tyger :.
The Tyger is essentially a highly personalised commentary or even discussion of Blake's own reservations and questions about what lies at the base of religion.As the counterpart to The Lamb in the Songs of Innocence, the Tyger contests The Lamb's somewhat weak and naive perspective, in its illustration of the undeniable presense of evil in the world. Blake however, does not wish for us to be made fearful of such an assertion, as the image of the Tyger, although horrific, is also one of striking beauty in its strength, power and vitality. Indeed, through his use of the Tyger both as a phsyical creature and moral symbol , Blake is seen to pitch the supposed counterparts of terror and beauty suprisingly comfortably together, perhaps illustrating his belief that what western society deems as two warring opposites are in fact, integral to one another in terms of offering a more informed perspective of the world when considered as a whole than when alone.
| Posted on 2007-06-09 | by a guest
The Tyger is essentially a highly personalised commentary or even discussion of Blake's own reservations and questions about what lies at the base of religion.As the counterpart to The Lamb in the Songs of Innocence, the Tyger contests The Lamb's somewhat weak and naive perspective, in its illustration of the undeniable presense of evil in the world. Blake however, does not wish for us to be made fearful of such an assertion, as the image of the Tyger, although horrific, is also one of striking beauty in its strength, power and vitality. Indeed, through his use of the Tyger both as a phsyical creature and moral symbol , Blake is seen to pitch the supposed counterparts of terror and beauty suprisingly comfortably together, perhaps illustrating his belief that what western society deems as two warring opposites are in fact, integral to one another in terms of offering a more informed perspective of the world when considered as a whole than when alone.
| Posted on 2007-06-09 | by a guest
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I think that when he says the Tyger is "burning bright in the forest of the night", he compares the Tyger's fur to fire, and fire+forest=forest fire. Fires destroy forests and everything living in the forest. The forest I guess would be mankind. Just a shot in the dark.......
| Posted on 2007-05-21 | by a guest
I think that when he says the Tyger is "burning bright in the forest of the night", he compares the Tyger's fur to fire, and fire+forest=forest fire. Fires destroy forests and everything living in the forest. The forest I guess would be mankind. Just a shot in the dark.......
| Posted on 2007-05-21 | by a guest
.: tyger :.
The Tyger (in my opinion) represents how when you first hear about the goodness of God, you ask yourself, why is there bloodshed, fear and pain?
The first thing you notice about the poem is the way tyger is spelt, this is emphasised by the tyger been in a forest rather than a jungle. Not only does this firstly soften the image of the tyger (oddly) but it contributes to the unnatural atmosphere first contributed by the spelling choice.
"fearful symmetry," suggests, abstract and frightful, and the reader notices the beautiful contrast with which the almost oxymoronic language is laid side by side.
"burning bright," "burnt the fire of thine eyes," "twist the sinews of they heart," and "furnace was they brain," is figurative language, it is a intentially exaggerated image of the tygers creation.
The stars in stanza five are personified and therefore could represent satan on his fall from heaven, Blake may also have included them to show the cold reason and objective science, for in the time era, physics and chemistry were beginning to be questioned. They are also more negative than the sun or the moon, even though beautiful, as is the tyger.
The poem overall is a mockery of God, in the traditional role of goodness that is generally percieved. In this poem it is said not to exist.
| Posted on 2007-05-14 | by a guest
The Tyger (in my opinion) represents how when you first hear about the goodness of God, you ask yourself, why is there bloodshed, fear and pain?
The first thing you notice about the poem is the way tyger is spelt, this is emphasised by the tyger been in a forest rather than a jungle. Not only does this firstly soften the image of the tyger (oddly) but it contributes to the unnatural atmosphere first contributed by the spelling choice.
"fearful symmetry," suggests, abstract and frightful, and the reader notices the beautiful contrast with which the almost oxymoronic language is laid side by side.
"burning bright," "burnt the fire of thine eyes," "twist the sinews of they heart," and "furnace was they brain," is figurative language, it is a intentially exaggerated image of the tygers creation.
The stars in stanza five are personified and therefore could represent satan on his fall from heaven, Blake may also have included them to show the cold reason and objective science, for in the time era, physics and chemistry were beginning to be questioned. They are also more negative than the sun or the moon, even though beautiful, as is the tyger.
The poem overall is a mockery of God, in the traditional role of goodness that is generally percieved. In this poem it is said not to exist.
| Posted on 2007-05-14 | by a guest
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I think "The Tyger" is about the power of the God that made two completely different animals, and also of the wonder of creation. This is emphasized by the stanza
"What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp.
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?"
as it shows how the tiger is such a complicated creature as it is compared to how a blacksmith works his metal.
| Posted on 2007-05-08 | by a guest
I think "The Tyger" is about the power of the God that made two completely different animals, and also of the wonder of creation. This is emphasized by the stanza
"What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp.
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?"
as it shows how the tiger is such a complicated creature as it is compared to how a blacksmith works his metal.
| Posted on 2007-05-08 | by a guest
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