The Tyger Analysis

Songs of Experience1789Tyger Tyger. burning bright,

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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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

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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

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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

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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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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

.: Tyger :.

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

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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

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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

.: '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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

.: 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

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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

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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

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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

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The Tyger represents the evil or satin, shown by the capitalization of Tyger throughout the story, meaning it is meant to be a proper noun.
The Lamb represents Jesus or humans in that the Lamb is also capitalized.
William Blake is aking throughout the story how God created both humans or Jesus and Satin or evil at the same time. "Did he who made the lamb make thee?"


| Posted on 2007-03-27 | by a guest

.: the tyger :.

The tyger represents a dying soul that is misunderstood. Danger and fear are the impressions that individuals recieve from this tyger but really it just wishes to be understood. God created this animal with such great symmetry, but it is not to be feared but embraced to those whom see it.

| Posted on 2007-03-19 | by a guest

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the tyger is about how god creates all creatures on this earth. although some may be peaceful and tranquil like the lamb, others are more freocious and beautiful in their own way. although the tyger may eat animals like the lamb, it is the cycle of life...and that in itself is beautiful. if god wanted everything to be the same, why whould he make everything so different?...the tyger is a necessary counterpart to the lamb .

| Posted on 2007-02-07 | by a guest

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In the tyger there is also the concept of "sublime". When Blake reapeats twice "fearful symmetry" youcould think of two different things: perfection and fear. So Blake is trying to say that there is beauty in the things that seem scary. When you see a tyger, its beautiful, but do not get near it because it really is dangerous. Beauty and terror are connected. This isnt the main meaning of the poem only a small part of the interpretation.


| Posted on 2007-01-16 | by a guest

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In the tyger there is also the concept of "sublime". When Blake reapeats twice "fearful symmetry" youcould think of two different things: perfection and fear. So Blake is trying to say that there is beauty in the things that seem scary. When you see a tyger, its beautiful, but do not get near it because it really is dangerous. Beauty and terror are connected. This isnt the main meaning of the poem only a small part of the interpretation.


| Posted on 2007-01-16 | by a guest

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This poem by Blake is about evil in the world. The Tyger is actually Blake's representation of evil. And when it comes to the point of the creation of the Tyger, it seems that God, not Satan, is the blacksmith of the forging of the Tyger. Of course, this raises the question as to why God would allow such evil to enter the world and put so many in perilous danger. But Blake believes that balance is needed, and that active evil is better than passive good


| Posted on 2006-07-28 | by Approved Guest

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The Tyger is essentially a poem about a greater knowledge that is out there, somewhere. This knowledge can only be achieved by going through two contradicting stages- those of innocence and experience- to obtain a higher understanding and innocence of life. This is what Blake believed in. Blake was a poet of the early Romanticism, and therefore believed in the freedom of thought and ideas. In the Tyger, Blake combines child-like innocence and adult wisdom to implement his feelings with a greater force.
He is awed by the sheer force and power of the Tyger- "what immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry"- and at the same time is mentioning the surrender of the rebel angels- "and when the stars threw down their spears" - to the power of God.

| Posted on 2005-11-03 | by Approved Guest

.: Blake Help :.

I am doing a report on the tyger by blake and i do not understand it i need explications of the poem and i need a bio of blake if anyone can help me please post back. I find the tyger to be very complicated, I was assigned blake and I choose the tyger based on the name (ee-ni-meen-ie-mine-moe) I am in desprate need of assistance. I need to do an "indepandant reserch project" on Blake and i need help with a thesis. If anyone, ANYONE can aid me PLEASE, PLEASE comment back before the 26th of May

| Posted on 2005-05-09 | by Approved Guest

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The poem "The Tyger" is a criticism of the Industrial Revolution by Blake. Picture the caution stripes on a freight train, yellow and black. The Tyger is not an animal, that's why he spelt it with a 'y'. Symmetry refers to the fact that a tiger is the only perfectly symmetrical animal on earth, giving it a sense of awesome power and uniqueness. "on what wings..." and "what hand dare seize the fire" refer to Icarus and Prometheus, two Greek heroes. Icarus challenged the Gods by creating flight, and Prometheus gave mankind fire, and hence the ability of science.
"shoulder" and "art" are opposites, the first being strenght, the second being knowledge. Blake is saying that to create such a 'creature' one must be extraordinary in both these things.
"and when thy heart began to beat" is the ignition, the beginning of the mass productions that spawned in england. the "dread hands" and "dread feet" shows the rapid progression to a full bodied creation. The poem then shows the 'tyger' that we (man) have created, and how we lost control of it. "in what furnace was thy brain?" shows it has a mind of its own, in a place no man can go to switch it off. This juggernaut that is plundering out of control composed of all things industrial; chains, hammers, anvils, furnaces.
"Stars throwing spears" is comets, a thing a mystery. They have always appeared at great events, like the fall of the roman empire. "did He smile" refers to mankind again, blake believed we made God from the good things we did. In this stanza, blake is asking if we a proud of what we have done, if we like the smog and the overpopulation and the horrific occurances brought on my the industrial revolution.
The last stanza is there to reiterate his point, and leave you pondering this enigmatic poem. the "Dare" is a warning not to let such an atrocity happen again.

| Posted on 2005-03-16 | by Approved Guest

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The Tyger by William Blake is an expression of a question that many of us ask at some point in life: why is there pain, hardship, heartache, bloodshed, evil? Though it voices the question, The Tyger never answers it. How true of life; though we may ask the question, though we may shake our fist against an angry sky, though we may vent our rage and despair, though we may ask quietly, there is no satisfactory answer. It's about having your reason overwhelmed by the seeming contradictory beauty and horror of the world. And in the end, the sense of awe and fear defy reason.

| Posted on 2005-02-22 | by Approved Guest

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Click on "william blake" and read the lamb and then read this. It's about innocense. The lamb as innocense. The tiger as the strong, the predator feeding off weakness and honed in hunting finesse. It can disguise itself and hide in unlikely places. It's like the ying and the yang. Just because the sheep is fluffy and innocent means nothing for it's safty. The real world does not work like this, but again, these are the two extremes depicted. The unfair on how the world works. The strong survive the weak get killed. There's thousands of ways to parallel it so I want try to go too far in this analysis. Make your own connections.

| Posted on 2004-08-09 | by Aksuri

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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