"The Tyger" is a poem by the English poet William Blake published in 1794 as part of the Songs of Experience collection. Literary critic Alfred Kazin calls it "the most famous of his poems", and The Cambridge Companion to William Blake says it is "the most anthologized poem in English". It is assumed to have been written in 1803, but was not published until 1863 in the companion volume to Alexander Gilchrist's biography of Blake. Two of his six siblings died in infancy. The poem contains a series of paradoxes which speak of innocence juxtaposed with evil and corruption. William Blake. 1919. Last Night As I Was Sleeping Antonio Machado 13. Winter Night Boris Pasternak 17. Night by William Blake. Poets; Poems; Sign Up; Login; POET'S PAGE; POEMS; William Blake. "Auguries of Innocence" is a poem by William Blake, from a notebook of his now known as the Pickering Manuscript. Blake uses rhyme throughout this poem to enhance the quality of the piece and to help the …

The birds are silent in their nest, And I must seek for mine, The moon like a flower, In heavens high bower; With silent delight, Sits and smiles on the night. 1757–1827 491. Poet, painter, engraver, and visionary William Blake worked to bring about a change both in the social order and in the minds of men. Last Night I Drove A Car Gregory Corso 16. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. It is one of Blake's most reinterpreted and arranged works. The poem draws on pastoral imagery, looking at harmony between nature and human beings. William Blake Poems: Back to Poems Page: Night by William Blake. Night
From early childhood, Blake spoke of having visions—at four he saw God "put his head to the window"; around age nine, while walking through the countryside, he saw a tree filled with angels. The evening star does shine. Night.

The poem “Night” by William Blake is unique in the way that it consists of six octets, each following the specific ABABCCDD rhyme scheme at the end of each verse / sentence. 28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827 / London. LIKE THIS POEM. Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. Night William Blake 11. Flying At Night Ted Kooser 12. The sun descending in the west. A Winter Night Robert Burns 14. William Blake was born in London on November 28, 1757, to James, a hosier, and Catherine Blake. Night by William Blake. However it also reflects the poet's amazement over the Creator because He is the same who has created the lamb which is quite opposite in nature to the tiger. A Winter Night Sara Teasdale 15. The Tyger by William Blake - Summary and Analysis - The poem The Tyger by William Blake is written in the praise of the Creator - God who has made such a fierceful creature. The sun descending in the west, The evening star does shine; The birds are silent in their nest, And I must seek for mine. In The Secular Night Margaret Atwood 18. Night Poem Margaret Atwood 19. The contrasts of day, followed by night, followed by eternal day, stress only the positive aspects of each (which could be seen as demonstrating the inadequacy of innocence).