The Tyger

The Tyger is a dark and somber poem holding an almost equally dreary meaning. Blake accomplishes this end through carefully chosen diction, harsh rhyme scheme and alliteration. With a closer look at the first two and last stanzas of this poem many of the more subtle points of this work become evident and a much clearer interpretation of this multifaceted poem comes to light. With every word Blake strives towards his main theme, who or …

…to do something, you know that you have the prior knowledge that it is wrong. All of the meaning that has been pulled out through close reading points to the question of why, who, and on what grounds could this terrible, unholy Tyger be created? From the harsh sounding rhyme scheme, to the chant-like alliteration, and finally the carefully constructed diction, Blake has one central theme and pours all his effort into meeting this objective.