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How Does Blake Create A Darker Force Of Nature

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William Blake exhibits a darker force of nature when he composes “The Tyger” from Songs of Experience, which gives a whole new perspective on the world, as one might see it today. Blake does an extraordinary job in this piece of work, as he tries to explain the innocence of a person or object, but then gives the experience gained after being put through harsh, troubling times. Within this specific poem, Blake is able to give an account for the negative forces seen within nature and expands in order to come to terms with innocence, which is failed to be revealed in this real world. This piece questions a lot about how God could create such a brutal and life-threatening beast of nature and argues how it is come about and brought up. Within “The Tyger”, there are many different themes to which the reader is able to point out, but the main one is revolving around religion and the acts of awe and amazement that this Tiger has on society. …show more content…

The tiger described in the poem is beautiful and magnificent in many ways, but then it also has a horrific and demon-possessing side to it that the reader can easily pick up on. He gives off a strikingly luscious image in the beginning as it states “Tyger! Tyger! burning bright/ In the forests of the night” (1-2). However, as the passage progresses the tiger begins to embody a symbolic meaning, such as to exemplify that of a symbolic or holy creature. When Blake states, “What immortal hand or eye/ Could frame thy fearful symmetry”, he is referring to this tiger’s sense of spiritual identity that God has created in him for the time being

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