the tyger
 

* william blake'in bir şiiri. iki kere dinleyen herkesin ilk kıtasını ezbere bildiği şiir blake'in songs of innocence and experience isimli şiir kitabında, songs of experience başlığının altında yer almaktadır. konusunu bir arada "duality of human mind and creation" olarak özetleyebileceğimiz bu kitapta tiger isimli bu şiire karşıt düşen innocent şiir ise the lamb isimli şiirdir.



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, &amp what art,

could twist the sinews of thy heart?

and when thy heart began to beat,

what dread hand? &amp 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?

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