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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William Blake exemplifies the rebellious and questioning spirit of the Romantic age in the various poems he wrote. This rebellious spirit especially exemplified in his most famous poem‚ “The Tyger‚” which was published in a book of poems he wrote entitled Songs of Experience. The poem takes the reader on a journey of faith‚ questioning god and his nature. By asking a series of rhetorical questions‚ Blake is forcing the reader to think about the possibility that God is not just the meek and gentle
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In “The Tyger‚” Wiliiam Blake uses cacophony‚ euphony‚ and implied metaphor to bring forward his question as to whether or not the creator is evil‚ as shown through the evil of his creation‚ the tiger. Blake uses cacophony often in “The Tyger” to point out the violence or fearfulness of the tiger. Blake’s usage of cacophony to make the tiger appear terrible and monster-like is shown when he asks the tiger‚ “What the hammer? what the chain?/In what furnace was thy brain?/What the anvil? What dread
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greatly affected Blake. In Songs of Experience (1794)‚ the sequel to Songs of Innocence‚ he addresses his loss of "faith in the goodness mankind" (Wikipedia) caused by the fall of the French Revolution. The outstanding poem from this collection‚ "The Tyger‚" seeks the answer to the unknown: how can the god who created the peaceful lamb also be the creator of the fierce‚ destructive tiger? The speaker asks many questions‚ but receives no answer. That same year‚ Blake combined the two contrasting works
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Evil: Analysis of William Blake’s “The Lamb” and “The Tyger” In William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience‚ the poems “The Lamb” and “The Tyger” are companion poems. Together‚ the two poems showcase one of Blake’s five main themes- childhood innocence can be dominated by evil after experience has brought an awareness of evil. With the lamb representing childhood and the tiger representing evil‚ Blake’s poems “The Lamb” and “The Tyger” focus on childhood and what people become after they
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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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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" reflect the
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The Contrasting World Views in William Blake’s “The Lamb” and “The Tyger” A person’s view of the world is very situational‚ depending on their life experiences and their religious beliefs. William Blake examines two different world views in the poems “The Lamb‚” and “The Tyger.” These poems were written as a pairing which were shown in Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience respectively. While the first poem deals with a view of the world as innocent and beautiful‚ the other suggests
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divinity‚ as exemplified in "The Tyger" by William Blake and "The Goddess Who Created this Passing World" by Alice Notley‚ is seen as astonishing‚ and both speakers are full of amazement for the creation. The images used throughout the poems display the Creators’ divinity because they highlight how intricately everything is made. Although Notley’s feministic view of God sets the two poems apart‚ Blake and Notley’s poems perspectives can still be compared. In "The Tyger‚" the speaker questions how the
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The Tyger‚ and Half-past Two are poems which explore encounters between the speaker‚ or a character‚ and a force that is greater than he is. How do the three poets develop and contemplate this experience? Prayer before Birth‚ The Tyger and Half-past Two are three poems which explore an encounter between the character and a force much greater than he is. The first‚ by Louis MacNeice‚ uses imagery of religion and innocence to present God as a higher power acting above us‚ whilst The Tyger‚ by William
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