![]() ![]() "The Tyger" is six stanzas in length, each stanza being four lines long. What the hand, dare sieze the fire?ĭare frame thy fearful symmetry? Structure Only five of the poems from Songs of Experience appeared individually before 1839. Of the copies of the original collection, only 28 published during his life are known to exist, with an additional 16 published posthumously. Blake continued to print the work throughout his life. The illustrations are arranged differently in some copies, while a number of poems were moved from Songs of Innocence to Songs of Experience. The two books were published together under the merged title Songs of Innocence and of Experience, showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul: the author and printer, W. The Songs of Experience was published in 1794 as a follow up to Blake's 1789 Songs of Innocence. The poem explores and questions Christian religious paradigms prevalent in late 18th century and early 19th century England, discussing God's intention and motivation for creating both the tiger and The Lamb. The poem is one of the most anthologised in the English literary canon, and has been the subject of both literary criticism and many adaptations, including various musical versions. " The Tyger" is a poem by the English poet William Blake, published in 1794 as part of his Songs of Experience collection and rising to prominence in the romantic period. ![]() Copy A of Blake's original printing of The Tyger, 1794. ![]()
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