The Tyger

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The Tyger is a poem by the English poet William Blake. The poem was published as part of his collection Songs of Experience and was written sometime around 1794. It is one of Blake's best known poems. It is also one of the most analysed of his poems.
— Excerpted from The Tyger on Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
Plate with The Tyger by William Blake

Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night :
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears
And water'd heaven with their tears :
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger, Tyger burning bright
In the forests of the night :
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?


This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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