By: William Blake Page 769
Ok, honestly I was a little confused. I am not sure if I have it even now after I read it twice. I go from the tyger being and animal to the tyger being the power of the world. It talks a lot about power and the effects on the world. The last of the poem,
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
it is almost as if it is a literal fire, taking out everything in its path. If referring to power of God. It could be speaking of the awesome power in the world.
This is up to the readers interpretation. It will be interesting to see what everyone else will see.
I feel this poem is literally talking about the tiger as an animal and the powers that it holds. The fact that the tiger is such a dangerous animal to all the other creatures makes it "immortal"(line 3).
ReplyDeleteThis assumption comes from the footnote at the bottom of pg. 769 that says "Tyger": refers not only to a tiger but also to any large, wild, ferocious cat."
So this is what makes me think that it is referring to the real tiger. The part of the poem that refers to God questions if he smiled when he saw the ferocious animal he created in its acts of murder? Could someone who could make an animal such as the mild and meek lamb also make such a beast? Or was he created by a darker, eviler creature such as Satan?
I guess poetry can be taken anyway the reader sees it and that is what makes it so intriguing.
I am confused as to what the tiger symbolizes as well. Could it be determination or will power? I guess it is up to the reader to decide his/her own take on it.
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