The Tyger By William Blake – Full Text Of The Poem

The Tyger By William Blake – Full Text Of The Poem

THE TYGER BY WILLIAM BLAKE – In this topic, we are going to read the full text of the poem, “The Tyger” written by William Blake.

THE TYGER BY WILLIAM BLAKE
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As mentioned above, it is written by English poet William Blake and is published in 1794. This poem is one of his well-known literary works and is among he collection called Songs of Experience.

The Songs of Experience collection is a follow up to his Songs of Innocence collection in 1789. The poem is the sister poem to The Lame, which is from Songs of Innocence. The poem represents the duality between aesthetic beauty and primal ferocity.

Here is the full text of the poem uplifted from Poetry Foundation:

Tyger Tyger, burning bright, 
In the forests of the night; 
What immortal hand or eye, 
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies. 
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain, 
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp, 
Dare its deadly terrors clasp! 

When the stars threw down their spears 
And water’d heaven with their tears: 
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger Tyger burning bright, 
In the forests of the night: 
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

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