The Tyger Poem Summary and Analysis
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1Tyger Tyger, burning bright,

2In the forests of the night;

3What immortal hand or eye,

4Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

5In what distant deeps or skies.

6Burnt the fire of thine eyes?

7On what wings dare he aspire?

8What the hand, dare seize the fire?

9And what shoulder, & what art,

10Could twist the sinews of thy heart?

11And when thy heart began to beat,

12What dread hand? & what dread feet?

13What the hammer? what the chain,

14In what furnace was thy brain?

15What the anvil? what dread grasp,

16Dare its deadly terrors clasp!

17When the stars threw down their spears

18And water'd heaven with their tears:

19Did he smile his work to see?

20Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

21Tyger Tyger burning bright,

22In the forests of the night:

23What immortal hand or eye,

24Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?