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    William Blake, a revolutionary writer of his era, illustrates the differences between the innocent, kind, and ignorant childhood, to the corrupt, dark, and gothic adulthood that follows. Many of his pieces such as the “The Tyger”, “The Lamb”, are all written in Blake’s style that convey many different messages than how the story was written. Each specific line in these misunderstood poems convey meanings that show the other side of the world, the side thats gloomy, dark, and corrupt. In his poems

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    and The Tyger written by William Blake. Both these poems have many underlying meanings and are cryptic in ways and both poems are very different to each other. In this essay I will be analysing the two poems, showing my opinions of the underlying themes and backing them up with quotes from the poems. I will compare the poems looking at the similarities and differences between them and also look at each one individually focusing on the imagery, structure and the poetic devices William Blake has used

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    “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel, and “The Tyger” by William Blake can be seen as comparable from numerous viewpoints. Though one is a novel and the other is a short poem, the two pieces of writing can be thoroughly analyzed on their perspectives and themes to highlight important aspects in each. The stories contain a similar animal theme and both question God, yet they differ in their views on God. A similar aspect in the two stories is the animal theme. When Pi is trapped on a lifeboat, his only

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    Comparing The Lamb and The Tyger by William Blake Of the many poetic works by William Blake, "The Lamb" and "The Tyger" show a large amount of similarity, as well as differences, both in the way he describes the creatures and in the style he chose to write them. The reader will find many similarities in these two poems. Both of them discuss the creation of the creatures by God. The lines, "Little Lamb, who made thee?" and "What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful

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    Where the Sleeping Tyger Lies: An Analysis of the Sound Devices Used in The Tyger by William Blake The Tyger, written in 1974, is one of both simplicity and mystery. Within this poem written by old English William Blake, there are 13 full questions within this short 24 line work. Though many literary analysts have attempted to forge a meaning from this work, not one theme has a more correct stance than any of the others. One clear symbol within the piece is the Tyger, who represents some form

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    William Blake uses figurative speech during both The Tyger and The Lamb poems. The figurative speech that Blake chose to exploit within these two poems is helpful in assisting the reader in fully understanding the meaning of the poems. Symbolism can be seen in the poem, The Lamb. Blake exploits symbols to signify traits of something else during The Lamb. Imagery can be seen throughout the poem, The Tyger. Blake utilizes imagery throughout The Tyger in order for the reader to complete imagine and

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    William Blake’s “The Tyger” and Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself.” Blake’s poem is based off the Romantics and Walt Whitman is an American Naturalist that is based off free verse a form that he created. William Blake’s poetry is considered through the Romantics era and they access through the sublime. The Romantics poetry through the sublime is beyond comprehension and spiritual fullness. A major common theme is a nature (agnostic religion). In William Blake’s poem “The Tyger” he describes the tiger

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    Though an esteemed painter in his day, William Blake achieves most of his fame through his profound poetry. Born in 1757, Blake grew up in London, England along with his five siblings (“William Blake”). Even from the beginning of his childhood, Blake always held the strong desire to become an artist (“William Blake”). As he grew up, he apprenticed first as an engraver and then later as a painter (“William Blake”). However, even though he set out to become an artist and took little interest in publishing

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    William Blake was a forerunner in the world of poetry in the 18th century that produced works that are being studied to this day. Along with many other greats; poets, artists, and musicians, Blake did not receive the recognition deserved to him until after his death. Many of these poems written by Blake are ordinarily focused on religion while heavily influenced by his imagination. The impact of his imagination in addition to his focus on religion is evident in his work “The Lamb” as well as The

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    The Tyger Comparison

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    poems "The Lamb" and "The Tyger," there aren't that many similarities, but there are a lot of differences. Blake's poems are similar in that he is asking who made each creature. When I read "The Lamb" I could hear the reverence and awe in his voice when he asked the lamb who created it, and I could hear it again when he told the lamb that God made it. However, when he asked the tyger who created it, I could hear fear and hatred in his voice. He didn't speak of the tyger in the same voice he did as

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