By giving the example of the Tyger, Blake shows the strength of God. This is the essence of the poem.Īgain, it is more about the creator than the creator. Perhaps behind the loving and caring nature of the beautiful God, there lies another side to it, a side that is fearless, thunderous, strength so immense that could forge a creature like a tiger and not tremble. Just like Blake brings the beauty out of the fierceness of the tiger, he brings the fierceness amongst the beauty of the Creator. Did the creator create the Tyger and the Lamb as well? Why did he create the two sides innocence and malice, tiredness and fierceness? Imagine how fearful the creator might be. Imagine the creator who did not tremble or fear creating something so fearful. Using the creature, Blake brings another side of the creator. The blazing eyes, the strength, the thunderous roar of the tiger are all very terrifying, but there is a beauty in this strength, a beauty which is often fogged by the fear of it. Here it is īlake tries to bring the magnificence out of the fierceness of the tiger. This is perhaps the essence of the poem and the most powerful message in it. This spelling creates a sense of exoticness, something new and unknown.Īnother major thing about this poem is the reversal of views towards the creature and the creator.
Why is the Tyger spelled like that? Tyger is the archaic form of a tiger and Blake has used this spelling to create emphasis on the animal, showing it as a unique creature, something that was special to the creator. He goes on about the experience the creator may have had while creating the Tyger. Blake is not as much intrigued by the animal as he is by the creator. There could be multiple interpretations of The Tyger but all of them will have a similar essence the beauty in a terrifying animal and the motives of its creator. Now let’s take a look at the poem: The Tyger What hands could have molded this beast that could make even the immortals shiver?īlake questions the intent and nature of God in this terrific composition of words and rhymes, excavating the beauty covered by fear and perhaps at the same time, finding fear in the beauty of God. What’s interesting is that the poem is not much about the tiger but the creator of this magnificent yet frightening animal. There is a religious undertone in the poem, as with most of Blake’s poems. The two poems exhibit opposite qualities conveyed through the medium of two creatures, and the God that made them. This poem is considered as the mirror opposite of another poem called The Lamb which was a part of the anthology called Songs of Innocence. The Tyger was written by William Blake and published in 1794 and was a part of the Songs of Experience collection.
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