This poem by William Blake is analyzed in five pages and also contrasted and compared with 'The Lamb,' another Blake poem. There are no other sources listed.
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two classifications for his poetry to suggest the duality of human nature, and also the duality of reality, in that, while much of life is positive, this is balanced with
that which is negative. Therefore, each poem in this collection is balanced with its opposite (or "contrary"). For example, "The Tyger" is a poem in Blakes Songs of Experience, which
is paired with "The Lamb" in the Songs of Innocence. Both poems contemplate the nature of the creator who brought these creatures into existence. The first lines of the
poem begin: "Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright/ In the forests of the night" (lines 1-2). A tiger is ferocious and determined hunter. When a hunter "burns," it suggests that he is
"hot" on the trail of his prey, "burning" with the desire for the kill. This intense desire, which burns within the tiger, and means the death of his prey, is
hidden within the darkness of the forest. Therefore, these two lines immediately conjure a feeling of immediate and intense danger. Blake brings utilizes other poetic factors to also influence
the "feel" and "flow" of his language. For example, the alliteration in the first line not only provides an arresting image, but it adds to the flow of the words,
propelling them forward, as does the rhyme and the rhythm. The steady short-long cadence of the rhythm is, in this context, like a drum (or a heartbeat) that emphasizes the
primitive nature of the beast being described. The next two lines read: "What immortal hand or eye/ Could frame thy fearful symmetry?" (lines 3-4). As in this poems counterpart
in Blakes Songs of Innocence "The Lamb," this poem is concerned with the deity that fashioned such a fearsome creature. This idea is occupies the rest of the poem.