d felt a feeling of fear and regretfullness after creating the tiger. In "The Lamb", William Blake compares the lamb to the Baby Jesus. In contrast, he uses earthly features such as night, fire, skies, and forests to describe the mighty tiger. The two poems also show differences in the way they were written. Instead of using alternating two and six lined stanzas like he used in "The Lamb", Blake uses constant four-lined stanzas to provide his image of his tiger. The titles also reveal different spellings. The lamb is spelled as it was intended, simple, short, and sweet. In Blake's "The Tyger", he replaces the letter "I" with the letter "Y" to give the name a deceptive and creepy appearance like the creature he is describing in his poem. The stanzas present in "The Tyger" end in question marks more often than they do in the lines of "The Lamb". By reading both of the poems, the reader will discover that the word "God" is replaced with the word "He," leaving the reader to assume that the poet is referring to God when he talks about He. Another noticeable difference between the two literary works is that the first and last two lines of each stanza are repeated in "The Lamb" as opposed to the whole first and last stanzas that are repeated in "The Tyger". "The Lamb" and "The Tyger" by William Blake are both remarkable works of poetry. They both reflect the personal style of the poet, but they also show the difference in the poet's attitude in describing his subjects. He gives the reader the impression of an innocent lamb in which God took great pride. He then gives the reader the thought of God's disapproval after his creation of the tiger. ...
