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Comparison of the Poems \u201cThe Tyger\u201d and \u201cThe Lamb\u201d by William Blake<\/p>\n
The two poems that I chose to do a comparison was on \u201cThe Tyger\u201d and \u201cThe Lamb\u201d both written by William Blake. These two poems share quite similar themes hut are also different in the aspects of life that they address \u201cThe Tyger\u201d concentrates on the dangers that one faces in nature as well as in life while \u201cThe Lamb\u201d on the other hand portrays a celebration of nature as one can see it from the eyes of a child who is innocent. Using these two poems, Blake is able to explore the theme of nature, creatures as well as their creator in a different, almost contradictory ideas.<\/p>\n
The nature in itself is a beautiful but yet a terrifying place. Blake realizes that while God may have made a gentle lamb he is also still the creator of a tiger which is a dreadful and a fearful animal. In the poem \u201cThe Tyger\u201d he includes Satan as another creator and includes rhetorical question in passing this message. Blake states that \u201c\u2018In what distant deeps or skies\/ Burnt the fire of thy eyes?\u201d (Blake, line 5\/6). This statement is makes reference to both heaven and hell as he tries to establish if the tiger is a creature created by God or by Satan. In the second stanza of the poem \u201cThe Lamb\u201d, William Blake unlike in \u201cTyger\u201d establishes that the lam is an innocent creature just like a child as he states \u201cI a child & thou a lamb\u201d (Blake, line 17). This line may be interpreted as William Blake may have been restored to a state of innocence by Jesus. He does not question the lam as a creature that was created by someone else because of how good it is.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Lamb\u201d just like children nursery rhyme has a very easy and simple structure. This poem creates a sweet a peaceful imagery that makes one see how good the lam is. We can visualize a little lamb in the field asking its mother question \u201cDoes thou know who made thee?\u201d (Blake, line 2). He utilizes imagery in describing the lamb as woolly bright. Use of a lamb which is white gets a reader to think of heavenly colors thus one can contrast the point he is putting across that a lamb is a heavenly creation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Tyger\u201d is also a poem full of imagery. The stanzas which reads \u201cTiger! Tiger burning bright\/ In the forest of the night\u201d (Blake, line 1-2) creates a vision of evil that tends to happen in forest that is dark. Although it may be dark in the forest, the tigers glowing orange coat as well as black stripes can be seen in the dark. Use of tiger in itself is imagery as tiger is a predator animal and in the years that Blake wrote the poem, the tiger was seen as an evil animal. He uses contrast by using the tiger\u2019s colors and the forest by stating that the tiger is burning bright.<\/p>\n
Both of these poem take the shape of conversation but \u201cThe Lamb\u201d contrasts in that Blake gives answers. While \u201cThe Lamb\u201d is structured like a nursery rhyme, \u201cThe Tyger\u201d has six stanzas and it does not have the answer to the question but the question is repeated throughout the poem and the question is left unanswered. This creates an imaginative effect to the reader as the reader tries to establish what kind of creation a tiger could be. Both poems also use repetition to put on emphasis. The line that seeks to know who created the lamb is repeated twice. There is also repetition in the first line in the first stanza as it also appears in the 6th stanza creating musical quality in the poem. <\/p>\n
In conclusion, both of these poem explore different ideas of experience as well as innocence. While \u201cThe Lamb\u201d shows the good in creation, \u201cThe Tyger\u201d portrays the bad. He is also able to use literary devices including use of rhetorical question, imagery and repetition to bring out the themes.<\/p>\n
Works cited<\/p>\n
Blake, William, 1757-1827. The Tyger. [London] :[Spoon Print Press], 2002.<\/p>\n
Blake, William. \u201cThe Lamb by William Blake.\u201d\u00a0Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/43670\/the-lamb-56d222765a3e1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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