d2jsp
Log InRegister
d2jsp Forums > Off-Topic > Entertainment Room > Books & Literature > Interesting Poem > Wondering The Meaning Tho
Add Reply New Topic New Poll
Member
Posts: 8,227
Joined: Mar 25 2007
Gold: 1,316.01
Feb 8 2009 11:38pm
I really liked the poem, just wondering what's the meaning of it?


The Tyger by William Blake

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?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

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?

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?
Member
Posts: 3,517
Joined: Apr 24 2005
Gold: 10.00
Feb 9 2009 12:24am
tyger eh?
wierd stuff
cool poem though
Retired Moderator
Posts: 45,473
Joined: May 15 2005
Gold: 112.37
Trader: Trusted
Feb 9 2009 04:54am
Quote (Wikypedia)
"The Tyger" was published as a part of Songs of Experience and the poem can also be seen as dealing with the growing knowledge of the world as one ages. While "The Lamb" is grounded in the Christian iconography of Christ as the good shepherd, "The Tyger" is set in industrialized modernity. The poem in this interpretation reflects a knowledge that evil exists in the world and that benevolence can sometimes appear invisible.


I've studied this poem @ school.

The Tyger is the science that has do be used with much attention cause it can destroy everything instead of helping.

In some ways the Tyger is similar to the Lamb, they both have a very high distructive power but about the tyger is led by the consequences of the risk (caused from the explorations of science during this period) and the lamb (that is the representation of a child) it's distructive in his innocence.

I hope I was clear smile.gif
Member
Posts: 8,227
Joined: Mar 25 2007
Gold: 1,316.01
Feb 9 2009 03:19pm
Quote (~Devil~ @ Mon, Feb 9 2009, 04:54am)
I've studied this poem @ school.

The Tyger is the science that has do be used with much attention cause it can destroy everything instead of helping.

In some ways the Tyger is similar to the Lamb, they both have a very high distructive power but about the tyger is led by the consequences of the risk (caused from the explorations of science during this period) and the lamb (that is the representation of a child) it's distructive in his innocence.

I hope I was clear smile.gif


very, thank you very much
lol it was kinda bothering me yesterday tongue.gif
Member
Posts: 10,556
Joined: Apr 25 2008
Gold: 3,289.00
Feb 10 2009 01:00am
ummm fail very very very fail
Go Back To Books & Literature Topic List
Add Reply New Topic New Poll