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1、TheTigerP501.WhydoesthepoetmentiontheLamb?DoyouthinkboththeLambandtheTigercanilluminateeachother?TheTygeriscorrespondingtoTheLamb.Boththepoemsshowthepoet’sexploration,understandingandplaintofthemysteriouscreation.Inthispoem,theauthorimpliesthattheTige
2、riscreatedbyGodaswellastheLamb.SoeithertheTigerortheLambisessentialtoGod.IthinkboththeLambandtheTigercanilluminateeachother.AlthoughtheLambcanrepresentthekind“innocentsociety”,itwillbelackofenoughmotivationtomakeprogress.WhiletheTigerwillcausesocialmi
3、sery,unrestorevendisruption,butitcanmakepeoplereleasetheircreativity.SothepoetbelievesthattheTigeristhesymbolofstrengthandcourage.Andhealsopraisesitspassion,desireandalltheloftybeauty.2.Whatisthesymbolicmeaningofthetiger?Whatideadoesthepoetwanttoexpre
4、ss?ThesymboloftheTygerisoneofthetwocentralmysteriesofthepoem(theotherbeingtheTyger’screator).Itisunclearwhatitexactlysymbolizes,butscholarshavehypothesizedthattheTygercouldbeinspiration,thedivine,artisticcreation,history,thesublime(thebig,mysterious,p
5、owerfulandsometimesscary.Readmoreonthisinthe"ThemesandQuotes"section),orvisionitself.Really,thelistisalmostinfinite.Thepointis,theTygerisimportant,andBlake’spoembarelylimitsthepossibilitiesThetigeristheembodimentofGod'spowerincreation:theanimalisterri
6、fyinginitsbeauty,strength,complexityandvitality.Thepoemisdividedintosixparts.Inthefirstpart,theauthorimaginedthathemetaterribletigeronadarknightandwasfrightenedbyitsawfuleyesight.Therearecreationsandcreators.Howgreatthecreatoristhathecouldcreatesuchan
7、awfulcreationliketiger!Inthesecondpart,theauthorcontinuestoask,wherecomestheeyesightlikefire,seaorsky?Thefollowingtwoparts,theauthordescribesthecreatorasasmith.Hecreatesthetiger.Whatbehindthequestionsisthefrighteningandrespectoftheauthortothecreator.I
8、nthefifthpart,theauthorchangeshistoneandaskswhenthestarsthrowdowntheirspears,whytheyarenothappy?Thelastpartisassameasthefirstpart,thecreatoristoomysterioustounderstand.Thetigershowsitsoutstandingenergy.It’sthevitalitywhichtheauthorthinkshighly
