O rose, thou art sick!
The invisible worm,
That flies in the night,
In the howling storm,
Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy,
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.
The Question and Answer section for Songs of Innocence and of Experience is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
The two poems which show the most constant contrast in religious experience are "The Tiger" and "The Lamb." The question posed in "The Tiger" focuses on the fearsome power of God and whether or not "Did he who made the lamb make thee?" "The Lamb"...
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This quatrain, a four-line verse from "The Tyger" by William Blake, is asking fundamental questions about the tiger and how he became the way he became. In other words, "In what distant deeps or skies/Burnt the fire of thine eyes?" asks the...
