The Tyger

"The Tyger" is a poem by the English poet William Blake. The poem was published as part of his collection Songs of Experience and was written sometime around 1794. It is one of Blake's best known poems. It is also one of the most analyzed of his poems.

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In both form and subject the poem closely follows his earlier work "The Lamb" that was part of his Songs of Innocence collection. He references this work in the fifth verse with the question "Did He who made the lamb make thee?". While "The Lamb" lauded a noble and gentle God, "The Tyger" looks at the God who created death and misery in the world. The poem is an exploration of Gnostic thought, which very much interested Blake. This is heavily inspired by the works of John Milton, whom Blake sometimes believed himself to be a recreation of. The lines "On what wings dare he aspire?/What the hand dare seize the fire?" can be seen as a reference to the story of Prometheus or that of Paradise Lost and begins the speculation that Lucifer may also have played a role in creating the universe. The lines from the fifth verse "When the stars threw down their spears/ And watered heaven with their tears," are also often considered to be a reference to Paradise Lost.

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William Blake: William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker, or "Author & Printer", as he signed many of his books. He is now widely recognised as a genius of English letters, and one of the foremost (arguably the foremost) visionary artists of the modern a...

Songs of Experience: :This article is about the poems by William Blake. For the album by David Axelrod see Songs of Experience (album)...

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