1. The Tiger
William Blake
Summary
Short summary:
'The
Tiger' is taken from The Songs of Experience. The tiger itself is a symbol for
the fierce forces in the soul that are necessary to break the bonds of
experience. The tiger also stands for a divine sprit that will not be subdued
by restrictions, but will arise against established rules and conventions.
Summary
In
the poem The Tiger poet William Blake describes the overall structures of the
tiger. Tiger's eyes are very bright that's like burning fire in the night at
forest, and its legs are very strong, which gives them the perfect shape of a terrifying
creature an awesome killing machine. The creator of such creature must not be
common person.
The
Speaker of the poem is amazed by the power and dare of the creator of the
terrifying creature and praises his grandeur. The creator created this animal's
eyes working with the blazing fire; to bring the fire from the heaven is not an
easy task by hands. At the time of origin of the earth fire is not invented,
and it is believed that fire is only in heaven.
The
strength and craftsmanship to make the tiger's heart is not ordinary when its
heartbeat resumes then the dare of facing such terrifying animal's rage. That's
why the creator's hands and feet must be as strong as the tiger, because
ordinary man could not stand against the rage of the tiger.
The
speaker praises the dare of the creator to make such fearful creature in the
furnace, and amazed the formation of the tiger's brain. He describes the anvil
on which the maker hammered out his creation and musters the courage to grasp
the tiger, because to hold the tiger is beyond the imagination of common
people. People are afraid from the tiger but the creator dare to catch it and
shapes its head, eyes, feet and the body.
The
stars cast their light on the new being and the clouds cried; that the gods are
not happy and their tears wet the heaven and the creator must not be happy as
well. He must have the feeling of regret making innocent animal like lamb and
aggressive creature like tiger simultaneously. Definitely, we know that the
same power has created the lamb and tiger altogether.
The
tiger with his bright eyes shining through the dark forest must have been
formed into shape by some immortal hands and only such immortal hands could
have framed an animal of such a fierce shape. Here, the creator must be god,
whom has the imagination to create and handles it properly.
1. The Tiger | William Blake | Summary | Generations | Grade XII
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