Selected poems from selected authors:

William Blake
Centro Universitário FIBRA
Docente: Prof. Dra. Brena Moura
Discentes: Lorena Soares, Lucas Melo e Raicy Oliveira, Rebecca Rufino e Thatiara
Lima.
Turma: LL07NA

Belém – PA
2021
The author William Blake

The artist claimed to see, from an early age,

angels and other celestial figures around
him, which he reproduced in his work, both
in painting and in his illustrated poems. He
became a pioneer in English Romanticism,
in addition to acting in the fine arts and as a
printer, becoming also one of the main
engravers in England.
Main work
His first poems were published
in 1792 in the work entitled
Poetical Sketches. Some of his
poetry, however, were released
from 1784 onwards, including
“Song of Innocence and of
Experience”, “The Book of
Thel” and “The Marriage of
Heaven and Hell”, printed and
stamped by the artist himself
in partnership with his wife,
Catherine Boucher, whom he
literate and started in
typographic art.
William Blake produced not
only the illustrations of his
work, but also that of his
companions. Among his
main works are illustrations
of classics such as "The
Book of Job" in the Bible,
"The Divine Comedy" by
Dante Alighieri.
First reading impressions
The Lamb
Little Lamb who made thee
Dost thou know who made thee
Gave thee life & bid thee feed.
By the stream & o’er the mead;
Gave thee clothing of delight,
Softest clothing wooly bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the vales rejoice!
Little Lamb who made thee
Dost thou know who made thee
Little Lamb I’ll tell thee,
Little Lamb I’ll tell thee!
He is called by thy name,
For he calls himself a Lamb:
He is meek & he is mild,
He became a little child:
I a child & thou a lamb,
We are called by his name.
Little Lamb God bless thee.
Little Lamb God bless thee.
The Tyger
Tyger, tyger, burning bright,
In the forest 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 seize the fire?
And what shoulder, and what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
When thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand forged thy dread
feet?
What the hammer? What the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp
Dared 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 forest of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
Analysis of the poems

This article talks about the

characteristics of William Blake's
poems. Although they were written
centuries ago, they are still very
current in contemporary poetry. The
poems of The Tiger and The Lamb are
used as an example, demonstrating
how Blake portrays his world of
bipolarity; that is, exposing the
contrast, for example, between
experience and innocence or the voice
of Heaven and Hell.
According to Chiramel Paul, “The
Lamb” talks about the purity and
innocence, where both (the child and
the lamb) can be seen as the creation
of the God who became both child and
lamb”. The Lamb and The Tyger got
the same creator, just like “heaven”
and “hell”, just like two different
states of the human soul. The lamb
represents peace, the good side, while
the Tyger represents anger, the bad
side.
Some bibliographic references
• NOGUEIRA, L. ; PININGA, T. J. C. . Atualidade de Willian Blake na Poesia
Contemporânea. In: XIII Congresso Internacional da ABRALIC, 2013, Campina
Grande - PB. ANAIS ABRALIC INTERNACIONAL. Campina Grande - PB: Editora
Realize, 2013. v. 1. p. 1-10.

• Kumar, Dharmender. "The Lamb by William Blake". Poem Analysis.

https://poemanalysis.com/william-blake/the-lamb/. Accessed 12 May 2021.

• Jose Chiramel Paul. Skinning “The Lamb” and “The Tyger” English Language and
Literature Studies. Vol. 5, No. 2; 2015 ISSN 1925-4768 E-ISSN 1925-4776.
Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2014.