Study of William Blake’s Poems of Experience :: English Literature

Study of William Blakes Poems of ExperienceMost of William Blakes poetry that I have studied has had a majortheme or themes much(prenominal) as religion or oppression and usually his poetrysalso use symbolism to get across the point. I am going to study side by side(predicate) two poems The Tiger and A Poison Tree.The Tiger is a actually famous poem and is one of the more popular poemswritten by Blake. I feel that the poem is about religion, creationand the French Revolution, which took place in France around the time,that Blake was writing these poems. I think that the Tiger itself isa personification of evil, which you could judge is the FrenchRevolution as many Europeans thought that the revolution was an evilthing. The animal, the Tiger is also a very strong, ferocious animalthat hunts its prey very well. Again there are connections with therevolution, which was very strong and ferocious and did not stop untilit got what it wanted like a tiger doesnt stop until it gets itspre y.The poem starts of by saying that the Tiger is burning, which Ithinks means that the revolution is alive and burning. The wordburning gives a slow but steady intuitive feeling so that it makes the readerthink that the revolution is alive but it has not yet hit full forceand is just biding its time before it displace make that crucial hit. Thefirst verse ends by as ability a question What immortal hand or eye couldframe thy fearful symmetricalness. I think that this refers to how quicklythe revolution got out of control and who could possibly control itafter that. Many other countries joined in to help the king of Francebut were they enough to stop the revolution?Through the second, third and fourth verses Blake gives a very strongimage of the Tiger being created possibly by God himself. Blakeuses phrases such as sinews of thy heart, which gives a feeling of avery strong and unforgiving thing being produced. Then he moves on tospeak of what tools could have created the Tiger and Blake mentionstools such as a hammer, a furnace and an anvil which are all toolsused in forging metal and cogent industry such as that. This gives thereader a sense of the Tiger being very strong and tough. Also theimage of a furnace burning relates ski binding to the revolution burning andit makes me think of things which you dont touch or go near as theyare very dangerous. This could be related to the dangerousness of the