A Personal Response.
Blake’s poetry is considered to be some of the simplest forms of this art, but in pieces of literature such as “Little Boy Found”, “Little Boy Lost”, “The Chimney Sweep”, and “The Lamb”, truly understanding the meaning of each word can change the overall meaning of this piece. Reading between the line is what makes a reader truly comprehend Blake’s viewpoints and ideas that he is trying to say within his poems. Readers thought that Blake was writing about things that did not matter, things that were very unnecessary. Throughout his poems, there will be pictures that are able to help a reader evaluate and better understand the content of his work. In my school textbook, images were found on pages 762-764 that illustrate …show more content…
Comparing it with “The Little Boy Found”, it gave the poem a sense of safety and pleasure that was not present in “The Tyger”. “The Tyger” is the exact opposite when it comes to these emotions released. This poem releases a mysterious vibe and the power of God and how he uses that power for his creation. It illustrates the distance of God and his creation that they are “not close”. “Overall the poem gives God the sense of unknowability”. The first thing that I noticed was the difference of spelling in a few words that added emphasis on what the poet was trying to accomplish with this poem. The 21st century writing compared with the 18th century writing shows how a spelling of one word can shift the meaning behind the ‘tiger’. The old version of this word adds more emphasis on the poem and gives it more “power”. When I see the ‘y’ instead of the ‘i’ in the word Tiger, I immediately ask myself “why change the word itself?” I then realized that the illustration of the tiger may be deceiving, the ‘y’ in the 18th century version symbolizes the relaxation and kindness of the tiger. Also, in the illustrations throughout the poem, it shows a cute and funny looking tiger that does not cause any harm to anyone or anything. This is also creating a deception, a tiger may be cute and funny, but when it strikes, theres no way out. With that in mind, Blake changes the perception of the tiger and injects the poem with fear. In the 18th century, many people have never laid eyes on a tiger. So with that illustration, he made the tiger seem different than its reality. According to research a Bengal tiger has the strength and power to drag a full grown buffalo. But the image on page 759 gives off a sense of little danger and
Blake’s poetry is considered to be some of the simplest forms of this art, but in pieces of literature such as “Little Boy Found”, “Little Boy Lost”, “The Chimney Sweep”, and “The Lamb”, truly understanding the meaning of each word can change the overall meaning of this piece. Reading between the line is what makes a reader truly comprehend Blake’s viewpoints and ideas that he is trying to say within his poems. Readers thought that Blake was writing about things that did not matter, things that were very unnecessary. Throughout his poems, there will be pictures that are able to help a reader evaluate and better understand the content of his work. In my school textbook, images were found on pages 762-764 that illustrate …show more content…
Comparing it with “The Little Boy Found”, it gave the poem a sense of safety and pleasure that was not present in “The Tyger”. “The Tyger” is the exact opposite when it comes to these emotions released. This poem releases a mysterious vibe and the power of God and how he uses that power for his creation. It illustrates the distance of God and his creation that they are “not close”. “Overall the poem gives God the sense of unknowability”. The first thing that I noticed was the difference of spelling in a few words that added emphasis on what the poet was trying to accomplish with this poem. The 21st century writing compared with the 18th century writing shows how a spelling of one word can shift the meaning behind the ‘tiger’. The old version of this word adds more emphasis on the poem and gives it more “power”. When I see the ‘y’ instead of the ‘i’ in the word Tiger, I immediately ask myself “why change the word itself?” I then realized that the illustration of the tiger may be deceiving, the ‘y’ in the 18th century version symbolizes the relaxation and kindness of the tiger. Also, in the illustrations throughout the poem, it shows a cute and funny looking tiger that does not cause any harm to anyone or anything. This is also creating a deception, a tiger may be cute and funny, but when it strikes, theres no way out. With that in mind, Blake changes the perception of the tiger and injects the poem with fear. In the 18th century, many people have never laid eyes on a tiger. So with that illustration, he made the tiger seem different than its reality. According to research a Bengal tiger has the strength and power to drag a full grown buffalo. But the image on page 759 gives off a sense of little danger and