Essay on Tiger and the Lamb

The themes explored are industrialism to the countryside. Blake is saying the countryside is so peaceful and the city is full of pollution. He is contrasting both places. Also the nature of God is asked by Blake because the differences in the animals are evil v's good. This is because the tiger is evil and the lamb is good. Also religion, Christianity symbols. Angels and the fight against god. This says that the theme is religion as well because Blake asks God and the angels; why create a creature like the tiger? So evil and immoral.

The message Blake has to put across in the tiger is; he is an evil animal and I don't know why God has made such an indecent creature. Also he hates industrialism and prefers the countryside to the city. He thinks that the factories chain the people to them and rob their lives. He is questioning God because the tiger is evil and the lamb is good. Also he is asking God how he could make two different animals. Also Blake is asking how can factories with such pollution, be a comparison to the countryside with no pollution; and green grass and crops as far as the eye can see. The tiger is an animal which nobody likes or even says good things about. The tiger is a description of evil to Blake; and in the poem the tiger is described as a failure for one of the animals God created. Blake has an important message to put across to the tiger which is; the opposite to all the beautiful animals God created. You are something in the forest which nobody wishes to see. In Blake's time in England had to be Christian and to suggest that there might be more than one God would have got Blake into a lot of trouble. One God to make the tiger and the same one to make the lamb.

The lamb is happy and kind. The poem says, "Gave thee such a tender voice softest clothing woolly." This is the soft bleating of the lamb. This is showing the lamb as friendly and Blake likes the lamb. Blake writes good expressions about the lamb. Also God and part of religion are the ones who made the lamb. It says, "Little lamb who made thee." This shows the lamb is loved and wanted by everyone. It is the lamb who is beautiful and likeable. Also the words the poet uses about the lamb establish that he adores the lamb and is making the lamb the greatest animal on earth. Also the lamb is personified in a jubilant way. It says, "For he calls himself a lamb, he is meek and he is mild. He became a little child." Blake likes the lamb and is showing the nature of the lamb by saying he became a little child. Jesus was the Lamb of God. Also in 'he lamb' the questions are gently answered; unlike the when the questions for the tiger are answered; ie: little lamb who made thee and the tiger is immortal. This shows how Blake thinks differently about each animal and how he answers for each animal.

The lamb and the tiger are so different to each other. They compare to be such different animals. The poem is comparing religion between the tiger and the lamb. "Little lamb God bless thee," this is showing the difference of God because he made such an evil animal and a good animal. Also the actions and the comparisons for the animals are different. It says, "Dare its deadly terrors clasp." "I a child and thou a lamb." This is showing the evil v's good; because the poem is saying good things about the lamb and bad things about the tiger, (ie: making all the vales rejoice and what dread hand). Dread in context means the hand is afraid to make the tiger, or the hand is fearsome. This shows that Blake this there may be more than one God because the God who made the lamb could not have made the tiger. Also it is comparing the attitude and how much other people like the lamb compared to the tiger. It says, "I child and thou a lamb." This is showing there is not much difference between a child and a lamb because people love both of them the same.

The theme of God and questions used are why God created such different animals. Also why didn't God create two animals the same instead two opposite animals? The questions asked by Blake to God are, "Dare frame thy fearful symmetry." This means there is only the tiger such evil and terrifying. Rhetorical questions are used because answers may be a step too far.

The contrasting of the tiger is God must be good because he has a reason for everything. Also God must know what he is doing; because he made a kind animal and a viscous one. Also Blake keeps asking God why he made such a viscous animal.

In these poems there is a lot of alliteration describing the lamb and the tiger. It says, "Little lamb who made thee" and "Tyger, Tyger burning bright. This describes the appearance and personality of the animals. Also there is symmetry of the rhyme; and it reflects the symmetry of the tiger by saying, "Dare frame thy fearful symmetry." This is form of the poem. There is questioning for the lamb and demands for the tiger. It says, "Did who make the lamb make thee." This shows there is an opposite of both animals. Both poems are effective in putting Blake's point across. By looking at the style and words used to describe each animal there is a massive difference to which animal Blake likes and which Blake doesn't. The difference in words shows his opinion in which animal he likes and which he doesn't and the words he uses have a meaning but he changes the meaning to put his point across and adding some words. The language used for each animal is different depending on what the animal is and Blake hates industrialism and he describes the tiger made in factories. This shows that he hates the tiger and factories. Also the metaphors and similes have a meaning for each word it says, (ie: good v's evil). The metaphors are: when the stars threw down their spears. And water'd heaven with their tears. Could twist the sinews of thy heart? I child and thou a lamb, we are called by this name. I think Blake has made good poems to put the message which is the difference between the tiger and the lamb and etc. He has done this by making his point clear. Also the lamb poem is from the songs of innocence and the tiger poem isn't. This show the contrast in the poems, and this is a different time in Blake's life. I think Blake has put his message across clearly for his readers to understand the difference in the tiger and the lamb.