Innocence and experience in 'The lamb' and 'The Tyger'

Introduction

William Blake's “The Tyger” and “The Lamb” are short poems in which author poses the rhetorical questions to what, at a first look, would appear to be a lamb and a tiger. In both the poems are used to create vivid images specific connotations, and the two poems contain obvious religious allegory. The contrast between the two poems is much easier to realize immediately: "The Lamb" was published in an anthology entitled Blake "Songs of Innocence," which describes life through the eyes of the naive child, while " El Tigre "was written six ...