In William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience, the gentle lamb and
             the dire tiger define childhood by setting a contrast between the innocence of
             youth and the experience of age. The Lamb is written with childish repetitions
             and a selection of words which could satisfy any audience under the age of
             five. Blake applies the lamb in representation of youthful immaculateness. The
             Tyger is hard-featured in comparison to The Lamb, in respect to word choice
             and representation. The Tyger is a poem in which the author makes many
             inquiries, almost chantlike in their reiterations. The question at hand: could the
             same creator have made both the tiger and the lamb? For William Blake, the
             answer is a frightening one. The Romantic Period's affinity towards childhood
             is epitomized in the poetry of Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience.
             "Little Lamb who made thee/ Dost thou know who made thee (Blake 1-2)."
             The Lamb's introductory lines set the style for what follows: an innocent
             poem about a amiable lamb and it's creator. It is divided into two stanzas, the
             first containing questions of whom it was who created such a docile creature
             with "clothing of delight (Blake 6)." There are images of the lamb frolicking in
             divine meadows and babbling brooks. The stanza closes with the same
             inquiry which it began with. The second stanza begins with the author claiming
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