The two poems by William Blake, The Tyger and The lamb are two poems that represent two opposites. The Tyger is the representation of evil and The Lamb is the representation of good and innocence.
He, William Blake, was a successful poet and painter born in November 1757 in the city of London. William Blake thought and had a theory that injustice, death, war, and suffering were caused by human beings and because of their erroneous or false beliefs. William Blake wrote 2 collections; the first one was called “Songs of Innocence” and the Second was called “Songs of Experience”
In these two poems “The Tyger” and “The Lamb” which are part of these two collections of poems, there are many comparisons and both contrast with each other. In the poem “The Tyger,” the rhyme scheme is AABB which gives the poem a melodic tone. The reader gets the feeling that Blake is talking about a phenomenon such as creation. He was a person that was considered to be an outsider or an outcast and people thought that he failed to be normal or fit with the rest of the people and the society. During William Blake’s years, people had a much closed mindset and strict ideals. They had very traditional ways of living and believing; if something was not normal, it was not accepted.
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He questions this because since The Tyger represents evil and The Lamb represents the good, he wonders how two things that are so different can come from the same origin. He also questions the creator and asks if he is proud to have created such a horrific thing: evil. Blake cannot come to understand how such a beautiful creature like a lamb can be created by the same being as the tyger who comes out at night and is all mysterious and
He, William Blake, was a successful poet and painter born in November 1757 in the city of London. William Blake thought and had a theory that injustice, death, war, and suffering were caused by human beings and because of their erroneous or false beliefs. William Blake wrote 2 collections; the first one was called “Songs of Innocence” and the Second was called “Songs of Experience”
In these two poems “The Tyger” and “The Lamb” which are part of these two collections of poems, there are many comparisons and both contrast with each other. In the poem “The Tyger,” the rhyme scheme is AABB which gives the poem a melodic tone. The reader gets the feeling that Blake is talking about a phenomenon such as creation. He was a person that was considered to be an outsider or an outcast and people thought that he failed to be normal or fit with the rest of the people and the society. During William Blake’s years, people had a much closed mindset and strict ideals. They had very traditional ways of living and believing; if something was not normal, it was not accepted.
William Blake was poor and the people thought that he was weird and crazy because of the way he …show more content…
He questions this because since The Tyger represents evil and The Lamb represents the good, he wonders how two things that are so different can come from the same origin. He also questions the creator and asks if he is proud to have created such a horrific thing: evil. Blake cannot come to understand how such a beautiful creature like a lamb can be created by the same being as the tyger who comes out at night and is all mysterious and