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Analysis of "The Tyger" by William Blake

Original poem reprinted online here: "The Tyger" by William Blake Originally read: Long time ago, but reread on Writer's Almanac on February 17, 2013 More information about the Poet: William Blake I think this is a required poem to read.  What grade level?  Who knows.  In any case, I have different outlooks on this poem from when I first read it in high school, broke, college, broke, after college, broke.  I've heard some very interesting perspective about this poem, but to be honest, the poem lends itself to interpretation through the use of rhetorical questions (not the questions themselves, how they operate) and the images (which range from nature to allusive to industrial).  So I'm going to post down some of the interpretations I've heard an how they are argued.  Note two very important background information about this poem: 1) This poem is found in "The Song of Experience" which sets up a sense of time, distance, age to the poems in the collect...