Comparing The Lamb and The Tyger by William Blake

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

symmetry" clearly show that the poet is referring to a being who is capable

of creating life (538). These two poems are also alike in the aspect that

they both talk about the object viewed in the eyes of the common man. "The

Lamb" is described in a biblical sense to give the reader a feeling of a

soft, gentle, heavenly creature. In "The Tyger", Blake uses the same

technique to describe the tiger as a fearful, devil-like monster.

The structure of the two poems also reveals a large amount of

similarity. In "The Tyger" and "The Lamb", each consecutive sentence rhymes....