ENGLISH LITERATURE 1590-1798 – WILLIAM BLAKE READING “THE TYGER”

ENGLISH LITERATURE 1590-1798 – WILLIAM BLAKE READING “THE TYGER”

WILLIAM BLAKE

Songs of innocence, songs of experience, Man’s struggle with a Maker, who is at once benevolent, and also jealous, and tyrannical - these were his themes, portrayed deeply in layers of both innocence and experience, questioning, and expressing. He portrays, the bliss of innocence, and childhood, and he is obviously very critical of his age that bound man, and shackled his expression of joy. His themes are romantic, which means Man’s striving to break free, and the conflicts with both the Maker, and the society around him. Yet, his poems are supremely crafted and shows all these themes in profound perception and wholeness, revealing both the innocence and experience.

 

ENGLISH LITERATURE 1590-1798 – WILLIAM BLAKE READING “THE TYGER”