The Work of William Blake, an English Poet
The Lamb vs. The Tiger
William Blake was an English poet who lived during the 18th and 19th century. He had a strong belief in Christianity and many of his works dealt with the diety of Christ. Many of poems used some of the same imagery but had different meaning. Two examples of his work that could be compared are “The Lamb” and “The Tyger”. The titles are opposite and in reality the tiger would naturally prey on an animal such as the lamb. The pieces, before reading, present two forces one evil and one innocent. Only after reading with open mind, does the reader discover that each poem has meaning that differ the titles. Although the titles seem to differ strongly, in fact seem to be opposites of another, the poems have the same ideology and meaning. Both poems deal with the diety of a higher being and a creature. By title, another similarity of the two poems is that they both deal with animals. In both pieces the author presents questions to the animals as if the animals are capabale of answering them. The questions seek answers to the creators of such animals. Also the poems share a connection, although they are two different pieces. In line 20, of The Tyger, the author asks “Did he who made the Lamb make thee?” I think the meaning of this line questions how the creator of the lamb, an innocent animal, also be the creator of an animal as fierce as the tiger. Another similarity between the poems is that fact that author usues the tool of repitition of one line twice in each poem. In The Lamb, the author repeats the line “Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee?” In The Tyger, the author repeats the line the first stanza “Tyger! Tyger!...fearful symmetry?” This hints that the poems somehow have the same set up, even though The Lamb is shorter than The Tyger. Although the poems share much in common they also have many differences. First the tone of each poem is different. The Lamb uses words that hint an innocent tone. Words
William Blake was an English poet who lived during the 18th and 19th century. He had a strong belief in Christianity and many of his works dealt with the diety of Christ. Many of poems used some of the same imagery but had different meaning. Two examples of his work that could be compared are “The Lamb” and “The Tyger”. The titles are opposite and in reality the tiger would naturally prey on an animal such as the lamb. The pieces, before reading, present two forces one evil and one innocent. Only after reading with open mind, does the reader discover that each poem has meaning that differ the titles. Although the titles seem to differ strongly, in fact seem to be opposites of another, the poems have the same ideology and meaning. Both poems deal with the diety of a higher being and a creature. By title, another similarity of the two poems is that they both deal with animals. In both pieces the author presents questions to the animals as if the animals are capabale of answering them. The questions seek answers to the creators of such animals. Also the poems share a connection, although they are two different pieces. In line 20, of The Tyger, the author asks “Did he who made the Lamb make thee?” I think the meaning of this line questions how the creator of the lamb, an innocent animal, also be the creator of an animal as fierce as the tiger. Another similarity between the poems is that fact that author usues the tool of repitition of one line twice in each poem. In The Lamb, the author repeats the line “Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee?” In The Tyger, the author repeats the line the first stanza “Tyger! Tyger!...fearful symmetry?” This hints that the poems somehow have the same set up, even though The Lamb is shorter than The Tyger. Although the poems share much in common they also have many differences. First the tone of each poem is different. The Lamb uses words that hint an innocent tone. Words