THE TIGER

The Tiger by William Blake

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Thesis statement1

Introduction1

Comparison and Analysis2

In-depth analysis2

Emotions and feelings3

Evil or good3

The Tiger by William Blake

Thesis statement

"The Tyger" is very well known poem, conceived by William Blake, a renowned English poet and available in print in his collection of poems called the “Songs of Experience” in 1794. It is considered the sister poem to "The Lamb" from the "Songs of Innocence", and is an expression of comparable ideas from a different viewpoint, while focusing on good, rather than evil. This work presents a duality between artistic beauty and primal ferociousness. The poem makes you wonder whether the hands that created "The Lamb" also created "The Tyger”.

Introduction

"The Tyger" is a very well known poem, written by the English poet William Blake in the late 1700s. It was printed in his compilation; the “Songs of Experience” in 1794. “The Tyger” is Blake's best-acknowledged and most examined poems of all times. Another book by the name of The “Cambridge Companion” refers to it as the best artistic poem in English." Most modern compilations of poetries have kept Blake's choice of the ancient spelling "tyger" instead of tiger, giving it a classical yet alienating feel. It was an often used spelling of the word in that point in time, but was already "slightly archaic” when the poem was written by him (Eaves, 2003).

This is believed that he intentionally spelled it as “Tyger” it was spelled "tiger" by him in other places. A lot of his nostalgic effect was based on minor disparity of grammar and the spelling he used in the writings." This is a possibility that his choice of "tyger" is chosen as for effect, maybe to highlight the alien or striking quality associated with the animal, as his poem is more about a metaphor and not about a "tiger" at all. ...