The_Tyger__An_Analysis

The Tyger: An Analysis “The Tyger:” An Analysis William Blake seems to have been a man of great vision, and even greater imagination. I particularly enjoyed reading the letter to Dr. John Trusler. It seemed like such a sophisticated way to defend himself and his works. I believe that in the poem “The Tyger,” Blake really translates his love of nature and of his passion for imagination. The plot or theme in “The Tyger” seems to reflect the title itself. The poem appears to be crying out to God, asking him why such a thing like a tiger made to exist. Blake emphasizes the tiger’s physical traits, such as his fiery eyes and ferocious paws, to create a sense of how evil this thing is that God has made. At one point it looks as if Blake is accusing God of being crazy, by insinuating that his brain must have been in a furnace when he produced this diabolic creature. To me, the tiger represents the devil, and the theme definitely relates to interrogating God about the existence of such an evil thing. The structure or form is consistent throughout the entire poem. In the first three stanzas and tyger, poem, blake, god, blake’s, tiger, seems, imagination, evil, way, vision, thing, same, first, devil, creation, asking, works, traits, throughout, things, theme, talking, structure, relates, reflect, one, made, looks, language, itself, interrogating, great, furnace