William Blake
"The Tiger" and "The Lamb" were both poems by William Blake. In this essay I am going to compare the two poems. Blake as a child was an outcast, and didn't have many friends. He was educated from home by his parents and fond sociability difficult. His family believed very strongly in God but did not agree with the teachings of the church. During his lonely hours Blake often read the Bible. He had a lot of free time to think about ideas reflect on life, and to strengthen his imagination. You could find a lot of biblical discourse in his poems. By the time he was an adult his active imagination allowed him to create vivid poetry and paintings, finally sent him mad! Blake published twp very famous books of poems of "Songs of Experience" and "Songs of Innocence". Poems from the "Songs of Experience" are all about the God who brought all the evil and suffering into the world. The poems from the "Songs of Innocence" are about the redemptive God of the New Testament, like Jesus. "The Lamb is from the "songs of Innocence", and "Tiger" from the "Songs of Innocence". "The Lamb" is the contrasting poem to "The Tiger". The main question that I feel that Blake is asking in the two poems is that how ca
At the time when Blake wrote his poem, the industrial revolution was going on, and because of his imagery you could almost hear the banging and clanging of the machines and the battles of the French Revolution. Where the angles threw down their spears towards Satan. The long slow few verses in "The Lamb" reminds me of the slower heart beat when you are calm, and relaxed. Either way I still enjoyed reading and analysis the poem!. In this case "The Lamb" is the opposite of "The Tiger". You would think this because of the simple vocabulary, and also if you notice, the poem uses soft alliteration "little lamb" this would give it a much softer feel to the poem, and so therefore some people might mistake it for a children's poem. Blake uses a lot of visual imagery in the poem to convey his message to the people. The Lambs brings the mood of calm, reassuring, and happiness. Suggests that the creator might be Satan. I personally feel that the poem is asking one question. There is usually an opposite poem from the other book. In the first verse it has the questions and in the second verse it has all the answers. He is described as a dark blacksmith. Or it could be a reference to the original battle between good and evil.
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