Here, Blake begins to address creation and associate it with the Gods. The very word "immortal- signifies a power beyond mortal man. A being that can live forever contains more strength and ingenuity than any mere human being can attest to have. Already, the reader should, therefore, be thinking of the Tyger's creator as God. To try and make the poem more historically significant or more universal to a larger group of people, Blake uses two popular images to signify God. The "hand- of God is more important to Christian belief, as much imagery attributed to God has depicted two hands met as one in a gesture of prayer. The very mention of "hand- in the poem also helps to guide the idea of creation, due to the fact that much of what is created is done so by one's hands - the molding of clay, the packing of snow into a snowball, etc. When Blake mentions the "eye-, he could be depicting the eye of Ra, the most powerful of the Egyptian gods. Thus, Blake makes the poem more universal as well as to appear timeless. Again referring to creation, Blake chooses to have this powerful hand or eye actually "frame- the Tyger. Frame, being to conceive or design - as Webster's dictates - creates the link between the hand and the act of creation. The use of "thy- is, of course, in direct reference to the Tyger. However, Blake next illustrates his subject as having a "fearful symmetry-. Blake chooses to make his Tyger "fearful- in order to continue inducing the reader with a feeling of dread and anxiety. In a curious choice of wordage, Blake decides to attribute the Tyger with a particular "symmetry-. In modern day terms, the reader could assume that "symmetry- would simply signify direct proportion in physical features - eyes, teeth, ears, etc. However, Blake elects to use "symmetry- as a type of "beauty as a result of balance or harmonious arrangement- (Webster's Dictionary). Therefore, Blake sees the Tyger's beauty as something to be feared.
