24-814: Tiger Tiger may refer to: Literature [ edit ] " The Tyger ", a 1794 poem by William Blake, which opens with "Tyger Tyger" "Tiger! Tiger!" (Kipling short story) , an 1893/1894 Mowgli story by Rudyard Kipling Tiger! Tiger! , original title of the Alfred Bester novel retitled The Stars My Destination "Tiger! Tiger!", a 2003 short story by Elizabeth Bear in Shadows Over Baker Street Tiger, Tiger! Princeton in Caricature by William F. Brown (writer) Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir , 2011 autobiography by Margaux Fragoso Tiger, Tiger (book) ,
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72-547: A 2024 non-fiction book by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge Music [ edit ] "Tiger Tiger", a song by Duran Duran from the 1983 album Seven and the Ragged Tiger "Tiger! Tiger!", a song by Slough Feg from the 2008 album Hardworlder . "Tiger, Tiger", a song from the musical The Apple Tree Other uses [ edit ] Tiger Tiger (nightclub) , a British nightclub chain Tyger Tyger (film) ,
96-567: A central theme in his work. Like many of Blake's works, the poem is about Christianity. The lamb is a frequently used name of Jesus Christ , who is also called "The Lamb of God" in the Gospel of John 1:29 and 36, as well as throughout John's Book of Revelation at the end of the New Testament . Little Lamb who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Gave thee life and bid thee feed By
120-533: A natural component of existence. Rather than believing in war between good and evil or heaven and hell, Blake believed that each man must first see and then resolve the contraries of existence and life. Therefore, the questions posed by the speaker within "The Tyger" are intentionally rhetorical; they are meant to be answered individually by readers instead of brought to a general consensus. Colin Pedley and others have argued that Blake may have been influenced in selecting
144-405: A number of poems are moved from Songs of Innocence to Songs of Experience. Blake printed the work throughout his life. Of the copies of the original collection, only 28 published during his life are known to exist, with an additional 16 published posthumously. Only five of the poems from Songs of Experience appeared individually before 1839. Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of
168-637: Is a poem by the English poet William Blake , published in 1794 as part of his Songs of Experience collection and rising to prominence in the romantic period . The poem is one of the most anthologised in the English literary canon , and has been the subject of both literary criticism and many adaptations, including various musical versions. The poem explores and questions Christian religious paradigms prevalent in late 18th century and early 19th century England, discussing God's intention and motivation for creating both
192-462: Is called by thy name, For he calls himself a Lamb: He is meek and he is mild, He became a little child: I a child and thou a lamb, We are called by his name: Little Lamb God bless thee. Little Lamb God bless thee. At first glance, this poem appears to consist of rhyming couplets, and the first and last couplet in the first stanza could be said to exhibit identical rhyme ; however,
216-531: The "Lamb" and the eponymous "Tyger." The Songs of Experience was published in 1794 as a follow-up to Blake's 1789 Songs of Innocence . The two books were published together under the merged title Songs of Innocence and of Experience, showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul: the author and printer, W. Blake featuring 54 illustrated plates. In some copies, plates are arranged differently and
240-407: The "Tyger's" creation. In the fifth stanza, the speaker wonders how the creator reacted to its "Tyger" and questions the identity of the creator themselves. Finally, the sixth stanza is identical to the poem's first stanza but rephrases the last line, altering its meaning: rather than question who or what "could" create the "Tyger", the speaker wonders who would "dare," effectively modifying the tone of
264-493: The animal by the death of a son of Sir Hector Munro by a tiger in December 1792. Blake's original tunes for his poems have been lost in time, but many artists have tried to create their own versions of the tunes. Bob Dylan refers to Blake's poem in " Roll on John " (2012). Five Iron Frenzy uses two lines of the poem in "Every New Day" on Our Newest Album Ever! (1997). Joni Mitchell uses two lines in her song about
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#1732848662779288-490: The first two lines, "thee," creating a smooth transition. The body of the first stanza follows the rhyming scheme AABBCC: "feed mead delight bright voice rejoice;" the body of the second, follows the rhyming scheme ABCCBA: "name lamb mild child lamb name"—a pattern found in the Bible and a kernel of a larger Hebraic technique or device. An exact repeat of the entire line is employed in the second stanza's first and last couplets:
312-565: The first two lines, and then the last two different lines, with the ABCCBA scheme in the body. The whole is indeed effective, one might even say "innocent" with perfect truth. In the first stanza, the speaker, a child, asks the lamb who its creator is, and if it knows who; the child knows and tells the lamb the answer in the second stanza. Like the other Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience , "The Lamb" may have been intended to be sung, but no records survive of Blake's own musical settings. It
336-546: The music industry, the title track of her 1998 album Taming the Tiger . The Lamb (poem) " The Lamb " is a poem by William Blake , published in Songs of Innocence in 1789. "The Lamb" is the counterpart poem to Blake's poem: " The Tyger " in Songs of Experience . Blake wrote Songs of Innocence as a contrary to the Songs of Experience – a central tenet in his philosophy and
360-424: 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
384-431: The poem is largely trochaic tetrameter . A number of lines, such as line four in the first stanza, fall into iambic tetrameter . The poem is structured around questions that the speaker poses concerning the "Tyger," including the phrase "Who made thee?" These questions often repeat instances of alliteration ("frame" and "fearful") and imagery (burning, fire, eyes) to frame the arc of the poem. The first stanza opens
408-479: The poem with a central line of questioning, stating "What immortal hand or eye, / Could frame thy fearful symmetry?". This direct address to the creature serves as a foundation for the poem's contemplative style as the "Tyger" cannot provide the speaker with a satisfactory answer. The second stanza questions the "Tyger" about where it was created, while the third stanza sees the focus move from the "Tyger" to its creator. The fourth stanza questions what tools were used in
432-404: The rhyme is an exact repeat of the three last words, or phrase, "who made thee," and the last couplet is a repetition of the first verbatim. The effect is that of a refrain in a song, such as a lullaby in this "Song of Innocence." The speaker is even a child. The final word of the third and fourth lines (the first couplet in the body of the text), "feed mead," rhyme identically with the final word of
456-419: The stanza to present as more of a confrontation than a query. "The Tyger" is the sister poem to " The Lamb " (from " Songs of Innocence "), a reflection of similar ideas from a different perspective. In "The Tyger", there is a duality between beauty and ferocity, through which Blake suggests that understanding one requires an understanding of the other. "The Tyger," as a work within the " Songs of Experience ,"
480-410: The stream and o'er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing wooly bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice: Little Lamb who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Little Lamb I'll tell thee, Little Lamb I'll tell thee: He
504-464: The title Tiger Tiger . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tiger_Tiger&oldid=1239378172 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Tyger " The Tyger "
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#1732848662779528-594: Was set to music by Vaughan Williams in his 1958 song cycle Ten Blake Songs , although he described it as "that horrible little lamb – a poem that I hate". It was also given a setting by Sir John Tavener , who explained: "'The Lamb' came to me fully grown and was written in an afternoon and dedicated to my nephew Simon for his 3rd birthday." American poet Allen Ginsberg set the poem to music, along with several other of Blake's poems, in 1969 and included it on his album Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake . Ginsberg's songs were re-worked by Steven Taylor for
552-505: 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? "The Tyger" is six stanzas in length with each stanza containing four lines. The meter of
576-451: Was written as antithetical to its counterpart from the " Songs of Innocence " (" The Lamb ") – a recurring theme in Blake's philosophy and work. Blake argues that humankind's struggles have their origin in the contrasting nature of concepts. His poetry argues that truth lies in comprehending the contradictions between innocence and experience. To Blake, experience is not the face of evil, but rather
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