#the tyger

[tyger-land]

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙮𝙜𝙚𝙧 1793. Written, etched, inked and printed by William Blake, then colored by hand with the help of his wife Catherine.

[ezekiel13]

What many people don’t know is how polite looking the Tyger from the poem ‘the Tyger’ is

[ejloyal]

'Tyger Tyger, burning bright'

[darknessdrops]

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?

[samasmith23]

I’ve gotta say, the incorporation of William Blake’s famous poem, The Tyger, into Wolverine’s history of indulging in the dualistic animalistic side of his mutant identity was a stroke of genius? The sequential timing of the stanzas with the artwork is especially top notch!

From Wolverine: The Origin #5 by Paul Jenkins, Bill Jemas, Joe Quesada, Andy Kubert & Richard Isanove.

[drdoobad67]

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 sieze 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, William Blake

[yet-how-they-creep]

I'd had this painting idea for a bit, but no motivation until today

The inspiration is The Tyger by William Blake*

*I also thought a lot about vampires and that sort of predator and prey dynamic, and Force of Nature, because one animal metaphor isn't enough... but it's primarily about the poem :>

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?

[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!