Two Different Ends Life is full of opposites. For every black there is a white, for every day there is a night. The poetry of Blake is no exception. His poem “The Lamb” is the opposite of “The Tyger”. That is, the tyger is the predator, and the lamb the prey of the tyger. “The Tyger” conjures an image of being powerful, dark, and dangerous while “The Lamb” brings an image of reassuring peace. Blake …showed first 75 words of 799 total…

…showed last 75 words of 799 total…anarchy. So, what in essence is Blake’s overall point? Is the world going to Hell like he writes in “The Tyger” or is everything peaceful and unified as in “The Lamb?” Perhaps it’s a little bit of both. In order for the world to be balanced, opposites need to exist. Wherever there is evil, somewhere else there is peace. For every ying there is a yang. For every lion there is a lamb.