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Essay / Analysis of Tyger and the Lamb - 607
The poem “The Tyger” by William Blake is a poem about two different personalities. The Lamb represents innocent humanity, while the Tyger is a much wilder, mysterious and fierce animal, capable of great good and terrifying evil. The author of this poem, William Blake, is a man who takes pride in knowing his religion. He wrote this poem in his collection of poems entitled Songs of Experience. In this poem he talks about the creation of evil. The poet uses a very powerful rhyme scheme as well as numerous allusions referencing both Christian visions of God and Greek/Roman Gods and Goddesses throughout the poem. The poem itself presents a sort of strange point of view on a central issue which it repeats twice in the poem referring to the evil of the Tyger. “Could you frame your frightening symmetry? » The Speaker used “Tyger” and “Lamb” to describe them. The Lamb represents innocent humanity, while the Tyger is a much wilder, mysterious and fierce animal, capable of great good and terrifying evil. The poet supported this idea by saying "Tyger Tyger, burning", words he...