#the tyger

[autthesnot]

Tyger Tyger burning bright,

In the forests of the night:

What immortal hand or eye,

Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

(William Blake, The Tyger)

[moll-synthlove]

Tyger Tyger, burning bright,

In the forests of the night;

What immortal hand or eye,

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

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"The Forests of the Night", eh? As in

Tyger Tyger, burning bright,

In the forests of the night;

What immortal hand or eye,

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

I see what you're doing there, @failbettergames.

And I like it.

[i-scan-your-poems]

hiii ive been thinking abt it a lot recently,it's very much becoming my favourite poem (i have tied it to one of my favourite ocs its so over for me.) and now im wondering about what the meter for The Tyger by William Blake is? thank you :3 i also hope your day/night is going well

You know,I love The Tyger as well but it's been ages since I've thought about it. It's trochaic tetrameter catalectic! Some lines (like line 4) start with an extra unstressed syllable, arguably making those lines iambic instead.

– ◡ / – ◡ / – ◡ / – Tyger / Tyger, / burning / bright,  – ◡ / – ◡ / – ◡ / – In the / forests / of the / night;  – ◡ / – ◡ / – ◡ / – What im/mortal / hand or / eye,  ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ – Could frame / thy fear/ful sym/metry? – ◡ / – ◡ / – ◡ / – In what / distant / deeps or / skies.  – ◡ / – ◡ / – ◡ / – Burnt the / fire / of thine / eyes? – ◡ / – ◡ / – ◡ / – On what / wings dare / he as/pire? – ◡ / – ◡ / – ◡ / – What the / hand, dare / seize the / fire?

etc.

Also there are a few points where IMO a meaningful word that you'd naturally emphasize goes in a syllable that should be unstressed, so the trochee gets read as a spondee. For example, I read the final line as

– – / ◡ – / ◡ – / ◡ – Dare frame / thy fear/ful sym/metry?

The same could apply to dare in line 8. But that might just be me!

[godzilla-reads]

—The Tyger by William Blake

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McGoohan cat meme is back with William Blake's The Tyger.

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[arthistoryanimalia]

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William Blake (British, 1757–1827) "The Tyger" Songs of Innocence and Experience (copy Y), plate 42 Date: [1794] printed ca. 1825 Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold 6 3/16 x 5 9/16 in. (15.7 x 14.1 cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 17.10.42

>One of Blake's best-known verses, "The Tyger," comes from the Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Blake originally produced this small, richly illustrated collection of short lyric verses as two separate books, in 1789 and 1794, then combined them into a single volume in the latter year. Although its small, colorful format recalls a children's book, its message is sophisticated and complex. Innocence and Experience contrast human existence, before and after the Fall. The pastoral poems in Innocence express religious faith and acceptance, and exhibit fine detail and flowing lines; the bardic verses in Experience, by contrast, convey disillusionment and anger, and employ bolder outlines. Published during the height of the Terror, the French Revolution left its mark on the second book.

Blake produced only twenty-four copies of the combined volume; this page comes from one of the last, prepared about 1825 for the painter and printmaker Edward Calvert (1799–1883). Its deep, saturated hues and distinctive ornamental borders (found on only one other copy) contrast with the lighter, paler colors of editions printed three decades earlier. The book remained in the Calvert family until the late nineteenth century; in 1917, it became the first work purchased for the Metropolitan Museum's new Department of Prints by its distinguished first curator, William M. Ivins, Jr.<

[wonderofuwu]

Tyger Tyger, burning bright, 

In the forests of the night; 

What immortal hand or eye, 

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

[thelaithlyworm]

Tyger Tyger, burning bright, 

In the forests of the night; 

What immortal hand or eye, 

Could frame thy fearful symmetry? ...

[haveyoureadthispoem-poll]

"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?"

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[poems-from-around-the-world]

The Tyger - William Blake - UK

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?

[iwtv]

[eltortaszilvafa]

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?

Blake, William. "The Tyger." ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Songs of Experience. ​​​​​​​Facsimile reproduction of the 1794 illuminated manuscript, published by The William Blake Trust and the Tate Gallery, 2009, in ​​​​​​​William Blake: The Complete Illuminated Books.

[sideshow-tornado]

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?

"The Tyger." ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Songs of Experience, William Blake (1794)