Poems “Rainbow” and “Tyger” Essay

Examine the similarities and differences in the way Agard & Blake deal with the theme of nature in their songs Rainbow and TygerAgards poem Rainbow portrays the wonder and beauty of a rainbow. Agard is from the Caribbean and he uses some examples of this dialect in his poem, which reflects his background. On the other drop dead, Blakes poem Tyger describes the nature of the tiger and how it is so decently in different ways. Blake tries to portray the majesty of the tiger and how talented his creator must have been.In Agards poem Rainbow, he tries to convey that the rainbow in the sky is actually Gods bright smile shining above us. The line one big smile across the sky tells us this. When Agard says in this poem, And de rainbow make a show it is possible he means that the rainbow appears after there is rain. When he states in the poem, I tell you is God doing oblivion he reflects his Caribbean background. There are two possible interpretations for this line. Agard could possibly m ean that God is doing limbo, an activity in which people would try to bend backwards chthonian a pole, not hitting it as they go under. Or he could also mean limbo, a place between heaven and hell, which you are stuck in. The Catholic Church used to teach that limbo existed and that while in limbo, you cannot move on to heaven or hell.Agard says in the poem, And curving, like she bearing child which tells us that the way the rainbow curves, looks like God is pregnant with a baby. Agard uses repetition by stating a number of times throughout the poem, she/he got style, meaning God, whether male person or female, has got style. Agard could possibly be trying to say that the colours of the rainbow show Gods style because the rainbow is so colourful and full of glow.In Blakes The Tyger, Blakes spelling in the title The Tyger at once suggests the exotic or alien quality of the beast. Blake tries to show the tiger as a symbol of Gods power in creation. In this poem the tiger is being add ressed presently. Blake queries the tiger in the first stanza, What immortal hand or eye, could frame thy fearful symmetry? Like this, Blake questions the tiger some what kind of person could possibly have had the power to make a cock like him throughout the poem.In the second stanza, Blake questions, In what distant deeps or skies, burnt the fire of thine eyes? meaning, who in the deep seas or the skies above could pull in eyes, burning bright such as the tigers? He asks himself On what wings dare he aspire? which shows Blake wants to know on what wings this person soars as he couldnt possibly have made the tiger as he is. And what shoulder, and what artifice, Could twist the sinews of thy heart? Blake asks the tiger in these two lines, what shoulder and what art could combine the strength or power of his heart. Blake questions the tiger nearly what fears the tigers hand and foot when his heart began to beat, as the tigers paws are so powerful and heavy.The tiger is fearless and full of terror as portrayed in the fourth stanza, in the line Dare its deadly terrors clasp?The line, which states, When the stars threw pass their spears and watered heaven with their tears could possibly be referring to people years ago who would have used spears instead of guns or other modern sidereal day weapons. Blake equivalences the tiger with a lamb in this poem. The line, Did he smile His work to see? Did he who made the lamb make thee? tells us that Blake is asking the tiger if the person who made him, so fierce, predatory and active, also make the vulnerable, harmless lamb. By the lamb, Blake could mean Jesus, the Lamb of God.These two poems have a lot of similarities in the way Agard and Blake deal with the theme of nature in their poems Rainbow and Tyger, but they also have a lot of differences. The similarities in these poems include the interest in religion. In both these poems, the poets show that religion is an important factor in their lives by including a God in their poems.Blake shows religion in The Tyger when he talks about the tigers creator. Agard shows religion in Rainbow, stating God got style and the different ways the rainbow reminds him of God. Both the poems are expressing great interest in God and his creations and how howling(prenominal) God must be to make such extraordinary and powerful things. In the poems Rainbow and The Tyger, the poets explain these amazing acts of nature and describe what they look like and compare them to various things, such as a lamb or a pregnant woman. Blake and Agard both use significant repetition in their poems, such as The man got style in Rainbow and the first and last stanzas in The Tyger.The differences in these two poems includes the way that Blake describes the appearance, the strength and the creator of the tiger whereas Agard only describes what he thinks the rainbow looks like. Blake speaks directly to the tiger in his poem but Agard is speaking to his audience when he is writin g the poem Rainbow.In the poem The Tyger, Blake asks the tiger about who made him and about how powerful the tiger is. Agards poem reflects his Caribbean background by using shortened sentences and words like de instead of the. Agard wrote Rainbow in 1985, which explains to us why Agard doesnt speak in the Middle side of meat language as Blake does in The Tyger. Blake wrote The Tyger in 1794 and we can see this by the way he uses the Middle English language with words such as, thy and thine.These are the differences and similarities in the way Agard and Blake deal with the theme of nature in their poems Rainbow and Tyger. These poets had such different lifestyles to each other and yet, in their poetry, theres still so many hidden similarities.