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The Lamb and The Tyger
Imagery and symbolism
“The Tyer” represents darkness, and obscurity. In this poem, the author’s goal is to describe the two different views of God in Christian religion: in the Old Testment we have the cruel God, however, in the New Testment God is forgiving and gives much love.
“The Lamb” talks about the good and bad points of society, such as the corruption due to experience and ignorance.
The lamb is the simbol of innocence, purity, tenderness and goodness.
Tone and mood
Tyger tone=harsh and intense, reflecting the fear for the tiger's power
Lamb tone= gentler, more innocent and it conveys purity and peace.
Repetition and rhetorical question emphasize the mistery and the power of the tyger with a growing sense of awe and fear.
The structure is in stanzas with less verses, rhythm is faster creatina a sence of urgentcy and tension like an hammer on an anuil.
The Creator's role
Blake's intention
In "The Lamb" Blake explores different aspects of creation.
The author use a tone to represents the innocence and purity of
Creation.
In "The Tyger" Blake is questioning God on how
the creatore of Beauty can create also terror and fear(ex.Tyger).
The tone used represents the dangeruos aspects of creation.
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Philosophical meaning
Citing verse 20 in "The Tyger" poem, we can take from the verse that Blake can't believe that they are created from the same creator, because they have opposite characteristics.
The Lamb is a bless animal, it rappresents Jesus, but the Tyger is a dangerous animal and it rappresents the Devil. The Tyger also rappresents mature and fearfull soul.
The Tyger is a carnivore animal, his nature is to hunt other animals, therefore it's a sinner and his life is based on sinning. The Lamb on the other hand is an herbivore animal, and it's existence isn't based on preying other Livingstone beings, so it's not a sinner.
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