Two of Blake's most well known poems are "The Lamb" from Songs of Innocence and "The Tyger" from S

The Tiger and The Lamb are complementary due to their examination of dissimilar, almost contradictory viewpoints. When analyzed together, we realize that there must be a union of opposites where innocence and experience are fused. Simply returning to a state of innocence and ignoring the lessons taught through experience is not sufficient for us to become aware of our own identities, but recognizing and understanding the evils around us without becoming tainted by them is how we achieve self-awareness.

"The Tyger" also deals with religious elements and creation asking, "Did he who made the Lamb make thee?" (line 20). The first stanza asks the question of what kind of being could be powerful enough to create "thy fearful symmetry" (line 4). Blake is amazed at the complexity of the animal, "what art, could twist the sinews of thy heart" (lines 9-10), the power that caused its heart to beat, and at the formation of tiger's brain. We cannot be completely positive of what the tiger represents, but with its fearsome appeara

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Approximate Word count = 697
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)