Poetry+Comparison


 * 3. Tyger**

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare sieze the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art. Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears, And watered heaven with their tears, Did he smile his work to see? Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?


 * 14. What I know of God is This.**

What I know of God is this: That He has hands, for He touches me. I can testify to nothing else; Living among many unseen beings Like the whippoorwill I'm constantly hearing But was pointed out to me just once.

Last of our hopes when all hope's past God, never let me call on Thee Distracting myself from a last chance Which goes just as quick as it comes; And I have doubts of Your omnipotence. All I ask is... Keep on existing Keeping Your hands. Continue to touch me

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Both of these peoms refer to god, and how he is always there helping you. In The Tyger, the poem tells us that although god makes people make good decisions, he is also bad and creates bad things sometimes. In "What I know of God is This", it tells you that he is always there for you, even when you cant see him or it might not seem like he is there helping you sometimes. Both of these peoms have good points and views of God. Something that is unsimilar about these two peoms is that "The Tyger is mainly about the bad creation of god, while the other peom was talking about how god us usually there to protect us, and the times that he doesnt protect us, does not mean he is not there for us.=====

Theme Comparison:
The theme of The Tyger is that god is both good and evil, and although he seems mainly good, there is some bad that he creates and puts into the world. The Theme of "What I Know of God is This" is that even though god does not always seem to be there, he is. He is always looking over us to make sure that we are ok. Also, its that people sometimes ask for helop but sometimes do not recieve the help. This does not mean that God is not there, it could mean many different things. These two themes are similar because they both tell you about god and the good and the bad about god. Something different about these two themes is that "The Tyger" talks mostly about how God could make things that were so beauitulful yet so horrid, and "What I know of God is This" is about god is usually there helping us, and does not mention much of God's bad creations.

Some Poetic Devices these two poems share are:

 * Imagery
 * Metaphor