An Analysis of the Poem “The Tyger” by William Blake Essay

In the first stanza we can observe that the word tiger is written with a y instead of an I, this is to give the word an inclination towards Ancient Greece. This is most followed by the head rhyme () burning bright () .This alliteration is wasting diseased by the author to emphasize the strong, bright, shiny colors of the tyger. The symmetry y highlighted in this stanza, this is closely related to the spelling of the word because in Ancient Greece symmetry is seen as beauty. It also speaks well-nigh an immortal hand or eye, which makes an allusion to the creator of this tiger, which is said to be a god. The pattern of the numbers is also symmetrical.The second stanza has in the first line the excogitate distant deeps, this is an alliteration and it is used to keep how distant those depths are. Later on, the author writes on what wings dare he aspire, the meaning of this straight connected with the god who make the tiger. What the author is trying to emphasize is that if the ty ger is, at the same time, such a horrific but beautiful creature, what the creator of this beast is like.In the third stanza, the god creator of the tiger is seen as an artist, as the author writes And what shoulder, & what art. This shows the appreciation he has for the creators work. This is followed by the phrase and when thy heart began to beat, this highlights a symbol of the gods power to create life, and it represent a symbol of life.In stanza number four, the god is presented as a Hammersmith we can see this by the use of the words hammer, furnace, anvil. There is also an alliteration that says dare its deadly this remarks how mortal are the tigers claws.In stanza number five, there is a reference to shooting stars which says when the stars threw down their spears. With this stanza the generator asks many rhetorical questions like, if the god smiled when he saw his creation? if he is the same god that made Christ?. These questions are asked with the meaning of making the re ader ask himself about the nature of this god. Is this god axenic wakeless?The sixth stanza, repeats the first one. This installs inthe poem the shape of a traffic circle. The author did this because a circle is a typical symbol of eternity. This highlights the everlasting life of the tyger and of its creator. This poem makes us think about how powerful, beautiful, good but at the same time evil, is the god that made this work of art.