tyger and the lamb

The Lamb and the Tyger William Blake’s semantic development of the Songs of Innocence and the Songs of Experience can be measured through an analysis of the apparent dichotomies inherent in his archetypes. Innocence and Experience each assume polarized roles of Mankind’s place in God’s universe and of the ability of Mankind to achieve its own salvation through the anagogic principles set forth by the Creator. They accomplish this goal in concert …

…William. "The Lamb." Songs of Innocence. Blake’s Poetry and Designs. Ed. by Mary Lynn Johnson and John E. Grant. New York: W. W. Norton, 1979: 21-2. Blake, William. "The Tyger." Songs of Experience. Blake’s Poetry and Designs. Ed. by Mary Lynn Johnson and John E. Grant. New York: W. W. Norton, 1979: 49-50. Blake, William. Templates of "The Lamb" and "The Tyger." The William Blake Archive. Ed. by Morris Eaves, Robert Essick and Joseph Viscomi. 1999.