The Tyger by William Blake | Structure, Summary, Analysis
The Tyger is a poem by William Blake first published in 1794 in his poetic collection Songs of Experience. He published Songs of Innocence in 1789 and then both the collections were merged and published together as Songs of Innocence and Experience in 1794. As the name suggests, the two poetic collections offer two opposite aspects, childhood vs. adulthood, life vs. death, freedom vs. imprisonment, and innocence vs. experience. The Tyger from Experience is intended as a companion poem to "The Lamb," from Innocence. The contrast between the two poems and the two books is important. The speaker of The Lamb is an innocent child who sees evidence of a loving God everywhere. The speaker of The Tyger is unspecified and anonymous but he expresses such universal concern that it appears as if he is an experienced adult representing the whole of humanity. The speaker of The Tyger wonders about all the fear and mystery that life actually brings. Both the poem (The Lamb, and The Tyger) together explores and questions God's intention and motivation for creating both the "Lamb" and the "Tyger."
Blake used the archaic spelling ‘Tyger’ instead of ‘Tiger’ to suggest that God created the lamb and the tiger much before He made humans. The poet suggests that there has always been a symmetry, if there is good, there must be evil too. The Tyger represents the destructive side of God which is necessary to maintain the balance.
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