The Tyger' By William Blake

[missrocknrolljazz]

@lovelove5516 Dude, I'm in 5th Grade. We have to memorize this BY TOMORROW!! I'm studying....:)

[yuki19081997]

@missrocknrolljazz

OMG!! same here

[yuki19081997]

I love William Blake's Poems <3

Thumbs Up if you like his poems as well :D

[MrBassRabbit]

Am I the only one who thinks the lyrics to this would make a kick ass punk song?

[Nacso69]

Stop talking about "the mentalist", there isn no comparison with Blake.

[kode0mon]

the sleeper agenda brought me here

[mockingjayism]

Mentalist! Jane rocks my education! :D

[jezabel02]

Powerful



[beentheredumpedthat]

Are you sure it isn't Michael Sheen reading this? I swear this sounds EXACTLY like Michael Sheen.

[beentheredumpedthat]

@beentheredumpedthat I take it back. Found the Michael Sheen recording. I can hear the difference now. It's really close though.

[NoxitOfficial]

B-Front - FEARFULL SYMETRY !!!

[TheRhymeSayers]

@IwannaRockYourBody

If you pronounce it like that it becomes a forced rhyme. I asked my teacher the same thing. It can be pronounced either way. Poems don't always have to necessarily rhyme. I personally like how it is pronounced in this.

[SorceressZila]

Just a passing thought: Wouldn't Darwin hate this poem?

[avivelevovii]

I am listening this because I need to recite a poem.

But yeah, I chose this because of The Mentalist indeed.

[parvannamaria]

yeah, I'm also listening to this cause of Mentalist :D

[vivascargill1]

@IwannaRockYourWorld no u can have a half rhyme perfectly acceptable

[paladindarknite]

i rather stalk my enemies than to be thrown into the battle! i rather prey on my meal than for it to handed it to me! i rather guard my children than lay next to them! i rather hunt down the end of my life than to wait for it at the end!

[SuperAngelgeorge]

superb

[cloudrojo]

Red john.

[peaceloveseth]

THE MENTALIST.

[TheMuseDay]

Had the pleasure to hear this poem for the first time in the TV Show Mentalist, can't get enough of it from that time !

[thejigsawmurdersyou]

Check out the punisher; the tyger. Seriously.

[thejigsawmurdersyou]

@thejigsawmurdersyou Not here though, i mean the comic by garth ennis!

[BrianAD80]

Probably my favorite poem ever written

[mielazul]

Rosetta West - Morning Star. check it on Youtube. Symmetry.

[TheBlindPig1]

the angles wake you from your sleep and you walk slowly back over your life, oh tiger what dread feet, then you ghoul away before your creation, that was the best part.

[xgrrrl1]

More please

[bostafffighter]

Ever wonder why William Blake exaggerates the tiger so much.Tigers during British Raj were very huge and agressive.Those absoultely won't tolerate human presence. The exhaustive hunting means that only scary submissive tigers that accepted the human presence survive,The(gene pool of the) tiger mentioned in William Blake is already extinct.If you don't believe me watch the black and white hunting footages of the British Raj.

[TheBlindPig1]

America do you know who made thee? The rights of man are an abomination to man. In times of peace my king will inspire man. You know not god. CAN I CONNIVE AT FALSE SCALES OR A BAG OF LIGHT WEIGHTS? AND THEIR TOUNGES KNOW NOT, the kingdom of heaven is within, now gaze upon his mercy and might.

[TheBlindPig1]

Is this the poem about justice? No. Justice might could be manifold. The imagination is clear. Fuck JUSTICE jesus christ is Might?

[julief1338]

The lamb part is a reference to God asking did he make both the lamb and tiger, as the are complete opposites, how can one make something so innocent and sweet, and a ferocious animal next.

[Lepiotaphage]

Screw you, Red John!

[agapeyojimbo]

I have yet to see a recent reading of this poem where the reader understands that there is artistic license taken with the word symmetry. Yes it is normally pronounced "symme-tree" but since ALL of the rest of the poem rhymes it is meant to be pronounced "symme-try" to rhyme with eye. Was our class the last to have this explained by a teacher? Ugh.

[IwannaRockYourWorld]

@agapeyojimbo exactly none of the readings of the poem spell symmetry the way it should. our teacher explained us as well:)

[slovan]

I said it before, and I'll say it again, God is a sadistic bastard.

[wolfmajickid]

i have to learn this poem for school

[harrypotterrocksgirl]

Me and m friend #@!^% r gonna sing this in school 2morrow but to the tune of never say never by Justin bieber SO NERVOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TopherTheChives]

This is my favorite poem. It questions God himself. It says that our anger, fear, etc. was created to reflect the artist.

And in case anybody didn't know, he spelled Tiger with a y because it looks like a trigger, or a fierce, loaded spring. Blake was incredibly smart.

[DehGoody]

@TopherTheChives In what world is a trigger a more fearsome image than a tiger? He probably spelled it that way because it looked more archaic and gave it an air or mystery. Anyway, I think the point of the poem is represented in the line "did he who made the lamb make thee?". Blake is implying that from God comes both good and evil -- this is very much in line with his other works, such as "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" and some of his other major "prophetic works".

[williamq19]

MENTALIST!!!! <3

[cyberlord64]

The Mentalist brought me here! so you see? this tv show cares about our education!!!

[powerslave9292]

blake is a toxic 

[Kadishona]

@powerslave9292 Pardon?

[powerslave9292]

@Kadishona a fantastic toxic *.*

[hellerase]

The mentalist rules ;p

[TheKatrinacam]

in chior we have to sing THIS SONG its not a poem its a song...well i guess it was a poem first lol

[chavrons1]

My favourite poem.

[300wowplayer1]

have any of you heard this made into a song? its amazing, and my choir is singing the song for auditions! its so amazing!

[Psychoreflection]

"Ministranci: Atomowa trójca" tam jest to czytane.

[grazyarnie]

I love it, but I can now understand how hard Goethe is to be understood by foreign students who are not so fluent with the german language....the old vintage english is sometimes really hard to understand...but anyhow I love Blakes works

[tonyyfighter]

Best poem I ever heard

[Asperuaca]

This poem always gives me goosebumps!

[karenemm1]

Liked it really good

[XMMAFANX]

What a great poem, love it.

[Tigergurl247101]

I <3 TYGERS ND THIS POEM!

[superchruper100]

mmm, my favourite poem ;-)

[AkaShadowPuppet]

i remember singing this in choir, it sounded amazing. :D

[BlueDotMusic]

Great timing - the year of the Tiger starts Feb 14th 2010.

Nice sound effect!

Peace and Harmony

[3huskey]

I need to memerize thias song thing

[MrHellohello8]

it gives me chills.

[bobandmaddy]

my choir got a really awesome version of this!

[1hafbryd]

stating that when the battle was done the stars

that had fought for Lucifer rendered obedience to god

and it asks if Lucifer smiled to see that he had challenged god and that he showed that he was close to his equal

and Lucifer wonders did god who created the gentle lamb (mortals) truly create him

and the final stanza asks the same questions the first does but instead of i s it a possibility to understand is no longer the issue

but who DARES to try and see the true extent of evil

[1hafbryd]

god cast him from heaven and sent him to hell

so the lines

in what distant deeps or skies

burnt the fire of thine eyes

on what wings dare he aspire

what the hand dare seize the fire

is saying that Lucifer rises every night to seize the stars

the next stanza is saying how could god have created something so powerful and so evil that it could rebel against him the following stanza is saying that Lucifer was mentally insane or challenged (in what furnace was thy brain)

the stanza following is

[1hafbryd]

i think you will find that Blake was in fact a visionary if you will

he had his own sort of believes and to an extent kind of created his own religion

and i have interpreted the poem as

the tiger is the devil or maybe evil itself

and not even imortals could find the depth in this power

if you consider the tiger to be Lucifer (the devil)

Lucifer was the angel of the stars he lit the night sky

but was thrown from heaven when he thought he was gods equal and started the battle of awe

[alnitaka]

Tigers DO burn! Tiger Woods got burned.

[alnitaka]

So Tyger, Tyger, burning bright, in the forests of the night, What mean hand set fire To the frame of thy fearful symmetry? I hope not. Tigers are a threatened species.

[Hakukaze120]

awesome!!!

[alnitaka]

Yes, I knew that is what he meant. But I want to find more takebacks like this one and like "Wolves don't blow." and "Ravens don't quoth.", where the metaphor clashes with reality. Do you know of any?

[rockstartgo]

This is poetry; for a raven to quoth, or a wolf to blow, is personification. In poetry, nothing is impossible, as it is full control over language and the way you use it. At this point in time, you are being an Emotivist (no offence!) - which is an impossibility within itself. You are thinking too literally, and to do so, means not to enjoy poetry - its all about feeling, language, and connotations. Have you studied poetry?

:)

[themusicdr]

Nice reading

[alnitaka]

Tigers don't burn.

[katiegreenaway]

alnitaka He meant they burn with fiery colour, & who could manage to reproduce one as exquisite as the real creature. Impssible!

[MattGoneWrong]

They do if you set them on fire

[Xylok]

awesome vid; great sound fx at the end! superb reading.

[Krzysztof72890]

for me its about tiger tank(its my imagination,not i i say it is)

[FarmaciaMorlan]

Thank you for your help. I have to recite it in my English class

[something111100]

me too

[vicsarcr]

Great metaphor. Believe or not I first heard this poem in Spanish in Batman (animated series from Warner Brothers) when I was about eight years old (25 now). It brings sweet memories ;)

[vickiormindyb]

I <3 tigers.

[something111100]

me too, there gorgeous !!!!

[meaning1]

The Tiger - a cataclysm of man and nature. The tiger conveys an exotic, inexplicable beauty that, "in the distant deep", burns brightly. It is almost preposterously grand, its supple limbs and fervid eyes are questioned in that the speaker cannot understand how one could render such "fearful symmetry". Its fragmented components made in an "anvil" and "furnace" allude to Frankenstein's creation; a marvel. Thus it related to the French revolution, also.

[bigsisluvslilbro]

It is amazing! I have the same exact opinion about this poem. That William actually respects the Tiger as an attainable beauty. When we talked about this in my English class, everyone kept saying he hated the Tiger and "God was ashamed for creating such a beast".

[timeofyourlife6]

I know Blake was a visionary, but even would have had difficulty alluding to Frankenstein, a book that was published in 1818, at least 24 years later than the publication of Songs of Innocence and Experience.

[timeofyourlife6]

In fact, Mary Shelley, wasn't even born till 3 years after The Tyger was probably written

[meaning1]

I should have elucidated the point further; the allusion was to that of Frankenstein's concept - not Mary Shelley's novel. I didn't mention Shelley, but, perhaps, I should have clarified.

[torkradio]

lol, you could hear the tiger roaring But great poem!!

[katavenger]

I like the voice in this one bu it would have been nice to have more than the one tiger picture.

[Blackoutpr1]

an interesting reference is in fallout 3

in downtown D.C theres a large super mutant reference

a propaganda speaker nearby voices their leader reciting this poem or something similar in a panicked voice which sounds cooler IMO

[Morgana0x]

"When the stars threw down their spears,

And watered heaven with their tears"

I love those lines! Thank you for all the beautiful poetry you post.

[amunkama]

This is awesome. I really enjoyed listening to it.

[yusuf1608]

Please let me ask. Is this about a tyger?

Because I have been told other wise.

[clarity2325]

It's about a tiger, but the tiger represents all evil and destruction and it questions why and how God created it.

[HolyDefender78]

You terribly wrong .Tao beleiver said the tiger is a tremendous and powerful allied against darkness and evil spirit.Clarity?you in a deep fog about tiger look at my playlist and get informed because that was a dumb comment...

[twstblondie]

yes it is about a tyger, i wrote an analysis about it

[torkradio]

Not evil or disctructive but he questions how God could create such a diabolical beautful beast and also create such a pure innocent lamb

[jimmymccombs]

REAL GOOD ONE

[selbyboy]

hey thanks for that..

and nice upload =]

[selbyboy]

hey

my band used this poem as inspiration for a song!

can i throw it as a vid response?

admittedly the video is rubbish, due to us being rubbish at the time, and recording equiptment.. but hey?

[CourtneyandOliviaCo]

i dont likee the tiger growling at the enddddd

:|

[CourtneyandOliviaCo]

|: we have to remember this poem for school

[XbuckbumbleX]

im totally 100% naked now hehe x

[VvissiaA]

omg your voice is great like a narators =D

[Enoch2]

I don't admire him anymore. I see he is an occultist. Did he who made the lamb make thee? Ha! The Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, shared the glory of the Father BEFORE creation (John 1:2) AND He made the tiger (John 1:3)!This poem is a bunch of lies designed to attract people who are not grounded in the Word of God (John 1:1, Luke 6:47-48|Matthew 7:24-25). You only need the first three verses of the Gospel of John to totally debunk this wretched poem, with its lies to tickle the ears of foolish men.

[CHATMOSSMAN]

I beleive this poem is about the French Revolution rather than a tiger.

[Lewismadmax]

Blake: He held infinity in the palm of his hands and eternity in an hour.

I love the pre-romantic era poet, what a gift to humaninty he was.

[DehGoody]

@Lewismadmax Blake wasn't pre-Romantic. He was simply an early Romantic. I mean, he's known as one of the six big Romantics along with Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron, and Keats.

[aiboasimo]

very famous poem.

blake is great poet.

this poem is expressed tyger scary.

occultic poem.

blake expressed god.

[JustAudio2008]

An interesting point -never knew this,

thanks It is in total contrast to poem on the Lamb.

I wonder if he ever had a bad time with a Tiger?

or saw it kill a Lamb.

[zashev]

@aiboasimo, what is the meaning of "blake expressed god" ?