English author William Blake was notorious for his anti-authoritative poetry that challenged organized religion during the time of the Industrial Revolution. Regarded as one of his most acclaimed works, his poem “The Tyger” molds together a series of rhetorical questions that seek to understand the...
Religion has always been global, in the sense that religious communities and traditions have maintained permeable boundaries. Being a visionary, Blake had his own way of viewing religion. Standing in the heart of Songs of Experience, The Tyger explores the loss of innocence that the...
Introduction William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. He wrote a...
Introduction Nature serves as a muse and a source of clarity in times of distress; it soothes and re-centers the soul. On the other hand, Nature can be a force of chaos that has the capacity to bring mankind to its knees. Romanticism strived to...
Europe in the 18th century was an absolute mess. The Seven Year War ended and the Treaty of Paris was signed, meaning France had no money, no army and was forced to give up everything they once had to Great Britain. Years later, France continued...
The Experience of Innocence In William Blake’s “Songs of Innocence,” he refers to the Lamb through numerous fashions, and even writes a song specifically, called “The Lamb.” In “The Lamb,” the child speaker reveals a hymn-like, soft tone through the simplistic diction and rhyme scheme....
The Tyger by William Blake The first things that came to mind when I read the title The Tyger, was fierce, quick, and exotic. After I read it, I thought of a tiger out on the prowl. Also, an innocent lamb – and is the...
Men at Forty and The Tyger are two intense poems written using creative language that seems to alter each piece’s mood drastically. These two poems discussing strong, bold things are transformed into soft spoken stanzas that float off the reader’s tongue and resonate like peaceful...
The Tyger attempts to represent genuine, negative powers known to mankind, which guiltlessness neglects to stand up to. The poem can be found in the Songs of Experience gives a viewpoint on religion that incorporates the great and clear just as the awful and incomprehensible....
Introduction to William Blake William Blake was born in 1757 during a time when Romanticism was on the rise. Born in the town of SoHo located in London, his style of poetry most commonly results in him being identified as an active political poet. A...
In his iconic poem The Tyger, William Blake directly addresses the paradoxically beautiful yet horrific figure with a question: What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? This simple question, wondering how and what divine being could possibly create such a creature, serves...
