The Lamb And The Tyger
...which gives the impression that it is God, is who made the Lamb. Blake gives the impression that God is kind and loving. He created the Lamb, and fed and clothed it. “Gave thee clothing of delight, softest clothing wooly bright”. The child is called by God’s name, which is The Lamb, “I a Child & thou a lamb”. Perhaps implying that God and child are one, for in true innocence, God is there. The Tyger is the reverse state of the Lamb. The Tyger represents evil and deception. This is a powerful and frightening poem. The tyger is a dangerous, but beautiful creature. In this poem, Blake may be portraying the tyger as an adult, like he portrayed the lamb as a child. The adult represents the experience and the effects the world has had on the tyger. No longer innocent, but experienced and hardened by life. Lies and deception are now a part of the adult. Color also paints a picture in this poem. The color red is brought to mind, “burning bright”. Red is the color of fire, and evil. The tyger and adult are experienced, and have the sins and evil inside of them brought by the effects of life. Blake also questions who made the tyger, “What immortal hand or eye, dare frame thy fearful symmetry?” but unlike in The Lamb, its asking who would Dare make such a creature? Some imagery that Blake creates, suggests a picture of God as a ‘blacksmith’, “What the hand, dare seize the fire?”, “And what shoulder, & what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart?”. This may not be the same God that created the lamb; this God is using hard manual labor to create a beast of “fearful symmetry”. B...