The_Tyger

The Tyger “The Tyger”, by William Blake, is a compelling piece of literature which is very ambiguous and vague. Many different interpreters have very dissimilar opinions not only of the poem itself, but of its deeper meaning. Algernon Charles Swinburne asks, “Could God bring down his heart to the making of a thing so deadly and strong' Or could any lesser daemonic force of nature take to itself wings and fly high enough to assume power equal to such a creation'” In the poem itself, Blake asks the tiger, “Did he who made the Lamb make thee'” The central question seems to be whether the tiger, a fearful and wrathful creature, was created by the grace of God or the iniquity of Satan. Of course the tiger was created by God, for it was He who created Heaven and Earth. Therefore, as abominable as the tiger may be, it inevitably has to be a production of God. Apparently over time the tiger has been transformed into this malicious creature. Is it not true that people are a product of their environment' The same case applies to the tiger. It has been tiger, created, god, people, lamb, creature, transformed, take, poem, itself, environment, blake, been, very, tyger, two, time, therefore, species, same, one, nature, must, meaning, malicious, innocent, equal, deeper, creatures, choose, asks, appears, wrathful, wings, william