The Tyger is perceived as something great and mighty. The big question is who was powerful enough to create such an amazing beast. Some kind of eerie energy seems to surround him. There is also a sense of ancientness that comes along with The Tyger. His inner workings exposed showing him as a complex machine. He is seen as untouchable and unmovable, how did he come to be? There is a saying in Spanish “Mas sabe El Diablo por viejo que por ser Diablo,” This connects to Blake’s poem, because like the Tyger, the devil learns through hard experiences and that’s what makes him the way he is. They are not supposed to be made into a figure to follow, but something to learn from. The devil use to be one of God’s angels, however he fell from heaven. Maybe The Tyger just like the devil was made from God’s creation and turned into what he is now. Or maybe he is a precisely engineered to fulfill a purpose.
“When the stars threw down their spears, and water’d heaven with their tears, did he smile his work to see? Did he who made The Lamb make thee?” Here Blake is explaining that something from the skies was capable of designing the Tyger, Later he says if it was possible that this same omnipotent being created The Lamb along with The Tyger. The Lamb is another poem Blake has written. In it he describes The Lamb in a similar format as he does The Tyger. However what do a fierce Tyger and an innocent Lamb have in common? The Lamb is a symbol of pureness and innocence on the other side of the spectrum lays The Tyger. He is the symbol of old experience, and curruptness, but not necessarily the symbol of Evil. Ultimately Blake says that God is who invented both Lamb and Tyger. He creates them both to illustrate there cannot be good without there being evil, dark with no light, heaven without a hell. A person cannot fall into the extremes; he must have a midpoint in his life. Everything must have a balance.
“When the stars threw down their spears, and water’d heaven with their tears, did he smile his work to see? Did he who made The Lamb make thee?” Here Blake is explaining that something from the skies was capable of designing the Tyger, Later he says if it was possible that this same omnipotent being created The Lamb along with The Tyger. The Lamb is another poem Blake has written. In it he describes The Lamb in a similar format as he does The Tyger. However what do a fierce Tyger and an innocent Lamb have in common? The Lamb is a symbol of pureness and innocence on the other side of the spectrum lays The Tyger. He is the symbol of old experience, and curruptness, but not necessarily the symbol of Evil. Ultimately Blake says that God is who invented both Lamb and Tyger. He creates them both to illustrate there cannot be good without there being evil, dark with no light, heaven without a hell. A person cannot fall into the extremes; he must have a midpoint in his life. Everything must have a balance.
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