In "The Lamb" Blake uses a easy rhymes scheme and descriptive words that remind the readers of pleasant things and also allow the ready to appreciate the qualities of the lamb; however, in "The Tyger" Blake uses a fast paced rhyme scheme with dark words that portray images of evil things to the reader. ... Blake uses the typical thought of a lamb along with a simple AA rhyme scheme in the first 10 lines and AABCAABCAA rhyme in his final 10 lines to thouroughly portray the characteristics of a gentle lamb. ... In "The Tyger" Blake uses a quick AABB rhyme scheme through it's 6 stanzas, show...

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• Grade Level: High School

Born in 1757, Blake was one of the great poets of this time, creating poetry not only with words, but also by using visual images to provide the reader a unique way of understanding/interpreting his words. ... This aspect of his artistic methods would be compared today to story books or nursery rhymes written and illustrated for children. ... Along with his spiritual perspective he added a simplistic and comforting choice of words. ... The poem about the lamb was one of innocence and the good side of spirituality that most mothers probably recited to their children back then to sound like a ...

• Word Count: 646
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• Grade Level: High School

Blake's diction reveals this with words such as "little."" ... Using rhyming couplets give this illusion of daintiness, perfection and bliss. Underneath the neat rhyming couplets, Blake does present the potential dangers of Paradise and the belief of separating good from evil in such a black and white manner. ... The spondee is on the words Lamb and God. ... For a poem written in iambic tetrameter and anapestic trimeter the poem does openly reveal its tone while keeping its purity with the rhyming couplets. ...

• Word Count: 1362
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

"The Lamb" and "The Tyger" are two animals created by and immortal being and both of the, have to coexist with one another on this planet. These two poems written by William Blake are trying to show that good and evil is present in society but it serves a purpose. In the poem "The Lamb" the main ...

• Word Count: 326
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• Grade Level: High School

(line 1) This poem is also written in a unsophisticated rhyme pattern which seems to add the simplistic nature and childish tone of the poem. ... The language of this poem is filled with mellow and soft words such as, "life," (3) "stream," (5) "bright" (6) and "rejoice" (8). ... (4) In other words, Blake is asking "Who made you?" ... Throughout "The Tyger" the lines are regular and rhyming, but unlike "The Lamb" the rhythm of the poem is heavy as well as harder consonant sounds, in words such as "burning," (1) "bright," (1) "brain," (14) "dread," (15) "dare," (16) "deadly," (16) and "terrors...

• Word Count: 1062
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• Grade Level: High School

Major difference in the language used in the two poems is that in The Tyger Blake uses much more diverse words than in The Lamb. The simple rhymes and the regular rhythm stress the simple ideas that are implied, but "though many believe that Blake's poems are written in a simple language, no one can deny the presence of deep meaning" (Pakzadian and Moinzadeh 114 ). The language of the child is simple and is a sign for his innocence, while the variety of words used by the adult shows his experience and change of understandings of the world and God. ... In other words, as a child...

• Word Count: 1920
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

One of the most outstanding English poets of this epoch was William Blake (1757 - 1827), who painted his visions both in words and in pictures Blake, inspired by songs for children, is mostly known for his two early collections, The Songs of Innocence and The Songs of Experience. ... The whole atmosphere is evoked by nursery rhyme and melodious songs in consequence of which the poems may seem a little bit simple but in fact they carry a heavy meaning and idea of the poet's concept of religion and innocence. ... Based on Jesus" words, "whatever you did for one of the least of these ...

• Word Count: 2918
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the poems, "The Tyger" and "The Lamb", William Blake uses symbolism, tone, and rhyme to express the theme that God can create good and bad creatures. ... The words 'deeps' and 'skies' could have many meanings. ... The questions these poems ask are ultimate ones, and while the answers are implied in the poem, they cannot be answers because the way people interpret the words are different for everyone. ...

• Word Count: 2028
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

There are many questions in life. Some questions that a person will encounter will by easy to answer. Other questions will take more time, and some may never be answered at all. One such question concerns the creation of evil. From whence did evil come from? Is evil something that exists simply bec...

• Word Count: 2680
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School