2. William Blake History:
William Blake was born on November 28, 1757
in London
At age 12, William began to write poetry.
In 1789, at 21, Blake became a copy engraver.
The same year he was admitted to Royal
Academy of Art’s School of Design.
In 1782, William married a women named Catherine Boucher.
Blake Died August 12, 1827
4. 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?
5. 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?
6. In the Tyger, Blake is express himself
To account for real negative forces that
He faces through the universe.