Nature vs. Industry as shown in “The Lamb” and “the Tyger”
The two poems, “The Lamb” and “The Tyger,” both by William Blake, can be analyzed and applied in many different ways. The similarities as well as the differences in the two poems offer the reader a rainbow of possible meanings. One of the meanings that I feel most strongly about is the conflict that the two poems present between nature and industry.
Nature has long been a source of inspiration for mankind, especially in the arts of painting, photography, and poetry. The natural human draw to nature comes strongly from its purity, serenity, peacefulness and beauty. “The Lamb” is a poem that gives off an air of placidity with its flowing rhyme, child-like repetition, and soothing imagery. Describing the lamb as having