The Lamb vs. The Tyger By William Blake Essay - 1081 Words

In this essay I am going to be looking at two poems from the Songs of innocence and experience works. These poems are The Lamb and The Tyger written by William Blake. Both these poems have many underlying meanings and are cryptic in ways and both poems are very different to each other. In this essay I will be analysing the two poems, showing my opinions of the underlying themes and backing them up with quotes from the poems. I will compare the poems looking at the similarities and differences between them and also look at each one individually focusing on the imagery, structure and the poetic devices William Blake has used. Firstly I will look at the Tyger a poem about experience. The first thing that strikes me about this poem is the†¦show more content†¦The first stanza paints a picture of a dark forest at night with a fire and a tyger running through the forest, here the writer is using his artistic skills to create a picture in the readers mind. The first stanza asks who could make such evil in the world as a rhetorical question, I say this as you fear evil and the last line says â€Å"Could frame thy fearful symmetry† also â€Å"what immortal hand or eye† shows that something that never dies must have made evil, this being God. The second stanza ask who dares make this evil and why have they made this evil as another rhetorical question, I say this as the last line again has an important quote â€Å"what the hand dare seize the fire ?† The poem then go’s on to question this evil more and asks many questions but doesn’t find any answers. But why is the poem about experience ? The poem shows it is about experience with the consistent structure and rhyming pattern as well as the vocabulary used, the poem talks about how it is hard to gain, comparing it to a fire. Put your hand in a fire and you are likely to get burnt. The poem talks about life at the time it was written, with the industrial revolution and jobs s uch as blacksmiths mentioned (â€Å"anvil† â€Å"hammer†) and also relates to the other poem I am going to be writing about, The Lamb. The Tyger is hard to understand at first with many underlying tones and hidden meanings, the poem is well structured and writtenShow MoreRelatedWilliam Blake s The Lamb And The Tyger1473 Words   |  6 PagesWhile Blake’s â€Å"The Lamb† and â€Å"The Tyger† contrast each other as the innocence and experiences that happen in the world, they also reflect on how our Creator could create such evil and purity in the same world. The same of Wordsworth’s representation of his past self vs. his present self, both are necessary to understand â€Å"the life of things† more deeply. Innocence is the foundation upon which experience is built meaning that experience and tragic parts of life start from the innocence of a personRead MoreEssay about Comparision of Wordsworth and Blakes Poems1523 Words   |  7 Page sAuthors, William Wordsworth and William Blake convey different messages and themes in their poems, â€Å"The World is Too Much with Us† and â€Å"The Tyger† consecutively by using the different mechanics one needs to create poetry. Both poems are closely related since they portray different aspects of society but the message remains different. Wordsworth’s poem describes a conflict between nature and humanity, while Blake’s poem issues God’s creations of completely different creatures. In â€Å"The World is TooRead MoreReading Between the Lines Essays914 Words   |  4 PagesWilliam Blake’s poem â€Å"The Lamb† is a simplistic poem until you read deeper into it and find a powerful and uplifting religious message about creation. Blake is able to draw people into his poem by having a young innocent child as the speaker, asking rhetorical questions to a lamb. Although he also throws irony into the second stanza by having the young ch ild answer his own questions, asked in the first stanza. The poem has a tone so sweet and soft that it is not offensive in any means and is notRead MoreAnalysis Of Daffodils By William Wordsworth2381 Words   |  10 Pagesartists and poets and authors of the time began to create works filled with passion and emotion and all interpreted from the themes within nature. During this period, authors and artists alike found inspiration in things such as flowers, for example William Wordsworth’s classic entitled ‘daffodils’. In his poem he talks about seeing daffodils â€Å"flash upon that inward eye† (Wordsworth, Daffodils, 1815) when in â€Å"vacant or in pensive mood† meaning that he was preoccupied by his love for nature and that it