"The Tyger"

There's a tiger and it is described as beautiful yet terrifying. What "immortal" could make this?

Blake asks us to consider the tiger, a beautiful yet terrifying creature, that makes us question our creator.

God is kind, right? The poem says otherwise: what does that say about the God we worship or the religion we follow? Shouldn't the tiger be a reflection of the creator?

Opposition: Well, maybe we just don't understand how a God so powerful can make something both good and evil, so we should be awestruck and revel in His awesomeness

Although some may say that we should be awestruck by a creator who could create good alongside evil, Blake questions a "benevolent" creator who allows the existence of evil in the world; therefore, we should think critically about the God we worship, since nature must reflect on its creator.

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• fire imagery (connotation of fire as "evil")
• rhythm promotes "symmetry"
• repetition:
• "could frame" vs. "dare frame"

Blake, William. "The Tyger." An Introduction to Poetry. Ed. X.J. Kennedy & Dana Gioia. Boston: Longman, 2010. Print.