Caleb J Illuminates "The Tyger"

The Tyger

Tyger Tyger, burning bright, 

In the forests of the night; 

What immortal hand or eye, 

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies. 

Burnt the fire of thine eyes?

On what wings dare he aspire?         <<<---------------------Blake asks what risks would a person       

What the hand, dare seize the fire?                                          dare to take when facing the "tyger"?    

And what shoulder, & what art,

Could twist the sinews of thy heart?

And when thy heart began to beat,              

What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain,      

In what furnace was thy brain?                                                

What the anvil? what dread grasp,                      

Dare its deadly terrors clasp!                   <<<----------------Blake writes this to show that the "tyger" can 

                                                                                               be terrifying and scary

When the stars threw down their spears 

And water'd heaven with their tears:                                                  

Did he smile his work to see?                                                               

Did he who made the Lamb make thee? 

                                                                                                         
Tyger Tyger burning bright, 

In the forests of the night: 

What immortal hand or eye,

Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

William Blake

This poem talks about the untamed and ferocious power of the "tyger." The poetic device of
symbolism is used many ties throughout the poem. I think that the tyger symbolizes the
unknown. When we are faced with making decisions about the unknown, people tend to take
risks. The unknown may sometimes be painless and easy to deal with. Other times the
unknown may be mysterious and alarming. When you make the wrong decision, you end up
feeling dreadful.   Blake uses the device of imagery as he describes
the tyger.  The way he speaks of the tyger causes a picture of something ferocious and
untamed to form in your mind.