1. Songs of Innocent Experience
"life,"" "softest,"" "tender,"" "lamb,"" and obviously, "child."" ... This is not arbitrary, some meaning can be taken from this. ... The framing of these lines give the sense of impending danger, thought, experience and that possibly evil is inherent in all good things, even in seemingly nave, hopeful poetry. ... Since The Lamb represented a prelapsarian life, The Tyger represents the postlapsarian life. ... Both poems are similar in this respect as well as the face they both incorporate framing techniques as if to hide internal meaning. ...
- Word Count: 1362
- Approx Pages: 5
- Grade Level: High School