The Lamb & The Tyger William Blake “The Lamb” and “The Tyger” are two different poems written by William Blake‚ the first taken from the Songs of Innocence and the second taken from the Songs of Experience. Both poems follow an A-A-B-B rhyme scheme and both focus on the topic of religion. Many sources have recommended the reading of the two poems together and I‚ myself‚ found that it was an experiment worth trying. When I first read “The Lamb” I was sure that it would be a poem with Jesus
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two pieces‚ The Lamb and The Tyger‚ are completely opposite views‚ which give questionable doubt about most people’s outlook of creation. These two poems are meant to be interpreted in a comparison and contrast form showing the "two contrary states of a human soul." With the poems written six years apart‚ they separately come together to establish this third meaning. Obviously Blake believes that good and evil are in God and that depending on the situation its good to be a tyger or may be good
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Blake’s poem‚ "The Lamb"‚ represents a spiritual exploration of innocence and purity. The description of the lamb indicates as much with imagery that reflects a sense of softness and child-like authenticity. The first word of "little" helps to create this mood throughout the poem with ideas such as "softest clothing woolly bright‚" "tender voice‚" "vales rejoicing" (symbolizing a universality regaling in the lamb’s song of innocence and purity)‚ and the description of the lamb being "meek and mild
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I chose to do the comparison between ‘The Tyger’ and ‘The Lamb’ because they both have similar themes but are concerned with very different aspects of life. ‘The Tyger’ concentrates on the dangers to be faced in life and nature while ‘The Lamb’ celebrates nature as seen through the innocent eyes of a child. Blake examines different‚ almost opposite or contradictory ideas about the natural world‚ its creatures and their Creator. William Blake is the narrator of both poems which emphasizes his
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childhood memory of divine visions and his view on the importance of innocence in human development. The main poem from this collection‚ "The Lamb‚" epitomizes innocence and the relationship between the young and the divine. In singsong verse‚ a curious child questions the nature of a gentle lamb‚ and he learns what he already knows: God created the lamb. World events and life itself greatly affected Blake. In Songs of Experience (1794)‚ the sequel to Songs of Innocence‚ he addresses his loss of
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of the divine in “The Lamb” and “The Tyger.” Blake was a Christian visionary poet of the 1700’s. In his work he depicts both sides of the divine‚ the good represented as the pure creation of God in a lamb and the evil represented as another perfect creation in the form of a malevolent creature‚ the tiger. Blake’s intentions are to demonstrate how God is a divine force‚ the creator of both “good” and “evil.” The opposite roles of nature as depicted in “The lamb” and “The Tyger” are illustrated by the
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The Tyger The poem The Tyger by William Blake catches your attention and it makes you want to continue to read. This poem was very well written as it displayed a vast variety of sound devices such as alliteration‚ repetition and assonance. The poem explores inseparable forces of good and evil. For example in the first stanza‚ the line “what immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?” it also explores the existence of god through creation. Alliteration states that in a poem there
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"The Lamb" and "The Tyger" are both poems of deep meaning that explain the two sides of humanity. "The Lamb" on one side explains the good side of human life‚ while "The Tyger" refers to the dark side. "The Lamb" is associated with religious beliefs and its significance could be traced back to the early times of Jesus. "The Tyger" is a poem that sees life through the eyes of a child and thus creates a loss of innocence when perceiving the world. William Blake ’s poems of "The Lamb" and "The Tyger"
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The two poems that I will analyse in depth‚ "The Lamb"‚ and "The Tyger" has many comparisons and contrasts between the two‚ although the same writer‚ William Blake‚ wrote them. He was born in London on 28‚ 1757 a period of time when enormous and rapid changes occurred in Europe‚ like the "Industrial"‚ "Agricultural" and the "French" revolutions. These "changes" in his life reflects his background and also had an effect on his style of writing. I will be looking at the subjects and themes of the poem
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Analysis of "The Tyger" In "The Tyger" William Blake ponders the creation and existence of a metaphorical Tiger. Through several rhetorical questions and illustrious details Blake wonders who created "The Tyger"‚ and if the same person also created the lamb. Blake uses "The Tyger" to symbolize evil in the world‚ and to question the creator’s intentions with it. "The Tyger" is composed of six stanzas‚ which consists of four-seven word lines; the lines are short and contain about seven syllables
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