Both "The Lamb" (Songs of Innocence) and its contrary "The Tyger" ("Songs of Experience") invite the reader to consider God and creation in different ways. The poet's voice in "The Lamb" is that of a child, asking us to relate the image of the Lamb of God, most innocent of Gods creatures, to the image of God himself as its creator, allowing us to "see" the existence of an innocent world despite the upheaval and hardships of the time. In "The Tyger", the poet asks the tiger what divine purpose it serves and questions how to reconcile the innocent lamb with the fearsome, awful tiger: how do we understand a God capable of creating both? .
Blake felt that everything in the world is an aspect, or reflection, of God: the tiger and every other creature (including man) was made, or "framed" by Him. The tiger is not simply a creation of God: it is divine through the divinity of its creation; part of a whole theory of the human and the divine. The tiger is "framed" also by the poet himself. By turning the wild, frightening beast into a work of art, the poet tames him. Similarly, the poet frames the wildness of his own imagination and tames it to the page. The tiger is by nature both vicious and fearsome, but is also a symbol of energy. He is ferocious and beautiful, dreadful and divine, a balance between fear and admiration - the image of the divinity and hope of man and also the creation of man as an artist. .
The fire of the tiger's eyes in the dark night forest shows a contrast between light and dark. This image of fire may be a religious symbol of purgatory or purification. The forest represents a mythological, natural landscape of beasts and spirituality and is symbolic of the natural cycle of organic growth and decay in the natural world. The reference to the stars or heavens may symbolise the rigid "laws" imposed on man and poet in the preceding age of reason and restriction, whilst their weeping shows the breakdown of these barriers in the new age of Romanticism.
William Blake's 'London' is written in four, four line stanzas. ... Each verse of the Blake poem attacks a different aspect of London. It is clear that Blake found London a very corrupt and immoral place. ... Wordsworth shows his feelings for London in a figurative way . ... Many of the words in Blake's poem have more than one meaning . ...
British writers such as William Blake, William Wordsworth and John Keats creatively played upon nature, human moods specifically with regard to spontaneity on thoughts and actions, and their overall intellectual awakening to produce works that mirrored natural language and free flowing, unstructured dialogue. ... Blake wrote this work with raw emotion and expressed it through fierce tone and lively proclaims. ... Another author that falls within this category is that of William Wordsworth. Wordsworth, notorious for having natural righteousness, created works that placed emotion on objective...
Wordsworth was very popular at this time in his life. ... Some of these poems include The Convict, Goody Blake and Harry Gill, The Idiot Boy, The Last of the Flock, We Are Seven, and Anecdote for Fathers. ... Goody Blake and Harry Gill is a true story about the lives of Goody Blake and Harry Gill. ... However, Goody Blake is an old, poor woman who no longer works and lives by his lonesome. ... In the second stanza, Goody Blake is shivering from the cold because her blanket is not providing her any warmth and she cannot start a fire. ...
William Blake and William Wordsworth were two poets from the Romantic period. ... The intention of both William Blake and William Wordsworth is to portray their own deeply felt views in their poems. ... Contrary to Blake, Wordsworth describes London in the morning and expresses his appreciation for its architecture. ... Unlike Wordsworth, Blake believed that nature and humanity didn't have a close relationship. ... Yet, to Blake nature was an obstruction, not an accomplishment, it was not a part of him as it was a part of Wordsworth. ...
William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1789, 1794) extensively explores the concept of childhood. ... Wordsworth highlights the elevation of the rural, stating that "in that [rural] condition, the passions of men are incorporated with the beautiful and permanent forms of nature" (Leitch 2001, p.650). ... Wordsworth, in his autobiographical The Prelude (1805), promotes the Romantic ideology when he describes his own childhood: Fair seed-time had my soul, and I grew up Foster'd alike by beauty and by fear; Much favor'd in my birth-place, and no less In th...
In William Blake's poem, "The Chimney Sweeper", he goes into a deeper description of the industrial revolution and the effect it had in the people in that time period. ... Wordsworth was trying to point out that society is losing sight of what are important in this world. ... In Blake's poem he makes the reader question what he is truly saying. ... This style of writing totally contradicts Wordsworth poem. Blake goes around the point of the poem rather than straight to the point like Blake. ...
William Blake, one of the greatest Romantic poets, was born in London and lived there most of his life. ... Blake's picture of the lamb is apocalyptic. ... Blake believed that truth is what you perceived it to be. ... The practices of organized religion conflicted with Blake's view. ... In these songs Blake shows us the world through children's eyes. ...
While some may argue, Blake can even be fairly accurately compared to William Wordsworth - as bizarre of a match as it may seem. ... Aside from simple comparisons though, Blake was his own person in a multitude of other ways. ... When Blake composed Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, he reached a milestone in his career. ... This is a direct violation of Blake's idea that "without contraries is no progression."" Within the Book of Thel, Blake effectively demonstrates such an individual. ...