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on The Tyger by William Blake, on June 20, 2006This poem, to me, is beautiful not only because it is melodic, but because it is ironic. It starts off questioning who could be so powerful as to make something so perfectly fierce. Then, as the poem goes on, it leads you into wondering what power WOULD make something so VICIOUS. What foul things did it take to make the tyger and is our fate really in the hands of one who would create such a thing? You know, with that lamb running around...it seems so cruel. Why would this happen? But that's just it. We dont know. That is why this poem, to me, is about faith. Faith in the belief that the one who is behind creation knew what he was doing in putting preditor and prey together. Faith that his smile was well-warranted.
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on A Coat by William Butler Yeats, on June 20, 2006The fact is, this poem means something different and significant to everyone, including the poet, so your opinion is always right. Isn?t that the beauty of poetry?
In my opinion, the speaker in the poem revealed to the world what he wanted them to see. He made himself an image he was proud of, and threw it over himself.
He was robbed of this image by someone who couldn?t get their own. Then he realized that he doesn?t need to manufacture an image. ?The fools? can have his coat because he?s got the stuff. It?s inside him, and no one can take that.
What i really loved about this poem is the way everyone really relates differently when they first read it. When I read it, for example, it reminded me of when I was bullied in grammar school and made me smile to think that now, I am TOTALLY walking naked.
