Research 3-1

The Tyger
By William Blake, 1794

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 watered 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? 

Symmetry was mentioned in William Blake's lyric, "The Tyger." It is about the beauty and the horror of the natural world. The 'fearful symmetry' might be that of the lamb and the tyger. The poem ends without an answer. In my opinion, it is depends on how you experience this world and what you believe.