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 major field or themes such(prenominal) as religion or oppression and normally his metrical compositions as well as use symbolism to get across the point. I am going to studycloser two poems The tiger and A poison Tree.The Tiger is a very famous poem and is one of the more popular poemswritten by Blake. I feel that the poem is close to religion, creationand the French renewal, which took place in France around the clock time,that Blake was writing these poems. I think that the Tiger itself isa personification of evil, which you could say is the FrenchRevolution as many Europeans thought that the variety was an evilthing. The animal, the Tiger is also a very well-knit, ferocious animalthat hunts its prey very well. once again there are connections with the mutation, which was very healthful and ferocious and did not plosive untilit got what it wanted like a tiger doesnt qui t until it gets itsprey.The poem starts of by saying that the Tiger is enthusiastic, which Ithinks means that the revolution is alive and burning. The wordburning gives a slow further cool off 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 can make that crucial hit. Thefirst verse ends by asking a question What immortal hand or affectionateness couldframe thy fearful symmetry. I think that this refers to how quicklythe revolution got out of control and who could possibly control itafter that. Many opposite 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 to babble 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 ponderous industry such as that. This gives thereader a sense of the Tiger being very strong and tough. Also theimage of a furnace burning relates back to the revolution burning andit makes me think of things which you dont butt against or go near as theyare very dangerous. This could be related to the dangerousness of the