William Blake has been regarded as one of the most influential poets of the Romantic Era. He frequently expressed his visions of spiritual connections through his literary writings. Blake was raised in a very religious household. Blake’s mother was a Moravian, but neglected her faith after uniting with Blake’s father to join the Church of England. Blake’s frequent references to religious figures and episodes, leads one to analyze how impactful religion was to Blake’s poems. According to one of Blake’s close friends, Henry Robinson stated that when Blake was four years old, he saw God’s head appear in a window. I believe this incident contributed to his purpose for writing “The Lamb.” The poem begins with asking a lamb about its origin.
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It talks descriptively about the creation of the planet and the people. The bible refers to Jesus as “the lamb” throughout the bible. The poem states , “He is meek and he is mild/ He became a little child”
The bible refers to the meekness of Christ. Meekness is considered one of the fruits of the spirit. This poem accepts what Blake recognizes as the more positive aspects of Christian values. It does not, however, focus on the negative or evil aspects of the bible. In contrast to the theme of “The Lamb,” Blake allowed the “The Tyger” to portray the negative or evil connotations of the bible. The poem begins with ,“What immortal hand or eye/ Could frame thy fearful symmetry”
The speaker is asking a fearsome tiger what divine character created him. The poems goes on to say , “In what distant deeps or skies/ Burnt the fire of thine eyes”
The words produce a mental image of fire and eyes. Since we are analyzing from a spiritual perspective, this leads us to think about Satan. Satan is commonly associated with negativity and evil. The creation of such tiger puzzles the speaker. The speaker says , “And what shoulder and what art,/ Could twist the sinews of thy heart/ And when thy heart began to beat/“What dread hand? And what dread
It talks descriptively about the creation of the planet and the people. The bible refers to Jesus as “the lamb” throughout the bible. The poem states , “He is meek and he is mild/ He became a little child”
The bible refers to the meekness of Christ. Meekness is considered one of the fruits of the spirit. This poem accepts what Blake recognizes as the more positive aspects of Christian values. It does not, however, focus on the negative or evil aspects of the bible. In contrast to the theme of “The Lamb,” Blake allowed the “The Tyger” to portray the negative or evil connotations of the bible. The poem begins with ,“What immortal hand or eye/ Could frame thy fearful symmetry”
The speaker is asking a fearsome tiger what divine character created him. The poems goes on to say , “In what distant deeps or skies/ Burnt the fire of thine eyes”
The words produce a mental image of fire and eyes. Since we are analyzing from a spiritual perspective, this leads us to think about Satan. Satan is commonly associated with negativity and evil. The creation of such tiger puzzles the speaker. The speaker says , “And what shoulder and what art,/ Could twist the sinews of thy heart/ And when thy heart began to beat/“What dread hand? And what dread