... ;The Lamb" was written to show that God could be fierce and meek at the same time. Another sign in the poem could be the word bright, "Softest clothing, wooly, bright". The word bright in "The Tyger" was used to bring out the power that the tiger has and it was used to describe the fierceness of the ... tiger. In "The Lamb" the brightness of the lamb is one of purity itself, "The effect of bright in "The Lamb" is less dramatic. Blake's "The Tyger" is the contrast poem to "The Lamb". "The Tyger" is the experience of the loss of innocence that "The ... addresses. Blake builds on the idea ...

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... , a child, Jesus, or sacrifice. The poem compliments God for making such a beautiful being as lamb. Blake personifies the lamb as a naive animal that is pure like its "softest clothing wooly, bright,"" and has a "tender voice-. In the poem the lamb was asked if it knew who had created it. It was asked this question as it was so "meek- and "mild ... "tigers- by the media, and it is possible that the poem was written as a treatise on complex human nature . The poem begins with the opening hurdle of metaphor, "Tyger Tyger, burning bright-. The poem describes the tiger as being a symbol of e...

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• Grade Level: High School