“The Tyger” is a 6-stanza lyric poem primarily in catalectic trochaic tetrameter by English Romantic poet William Blake. It was originally published with an illustration by Blake himself as part of his 1794 collection Songs of Experience, which the poet merged with his earlier book of poems Songs of Innocence to form Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. One of the best-known poems in the English language, Blake uses the image of a tiger to radically question Christian beliefs. Positing the tiger as the opposite of the lamb, Blake wonders how the same creator could be responsible for both creatures.
William Blake (1757-1827) was an English poet, engraver, and painter. A boldly imaginative rebel in both his thought and his art, he combined poetic and pictorial genius to explore important issues in...
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William Blake was an English writer, poet, and illustrator of the Romantic period. Romantic authors and artists emphasized the content of their works over the form, valued imagination and emotion, and...
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In his Life of William Blake (1863) Alexander Gilchrist warned his readers that Blake "neither wrote nor drew for the many, hardly for work'y-day men at all, rather for children and angels; himself ...
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William Blake, poet, painter, illustrator, and printer, is one of the most compelling and idiosyncratic figures in the history of British culture. His works, little known until their rediscovery some ...
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Biography EssayIn his Life of William Blake (1863) Alexander Gilchrist warned his readers that Blake "neither wrote nor drew for the many, hardly for work'yday men at all, rather for children and ange...
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William Blake
William Blake
William Blake