In “The Tyger,” Blake has only one speaker, who does not accept the world as what it is, but rather questions and ponders throughout the poem. “The Tyger” also differs from “The Lamb” through the speaker. In “The Tyger,” the speaker asks “Did he who made the Lamb make thee?” asking if the creator, God, made both good and bad in the world. In addition, the Lamb is also symbol for Christ and divinity, and is found in both of the poems. ![]() The Tyger represents an animal that is powerful and potentially dangerous, whereas the Lamb is a symbol for innocence that is weak and vulnerable. Firstly, although the titles of both poems are very similar, each animal represents something entirely different. “The Tyger” is a contrary to its companion poem, “The Lamb,” in a variety of ways. ![]() In addition, “The Lamb” shows how the innocent speaker takes the world at face value and does not question it, contrary to Blake’s later, “Songs of Experience.” ![]() The speaker also displays closeness to God through its innocence, as viewed by an experienced reader the child speaks to the Lamb and is not aware that Christ was the sacrificial lamb. ![]() In William Blake’s “Songs of Innocence,” he refers to the Lamb through numerous fashions, and even writes a song specifically, called “The Lamb.” In “The Lamb,” the child speaker reveals a hymn-like, soft tone through the simplistic diction and rhyme scheme.
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