Thoughts of Words

Tyger tyger not so dull when its shine, 

In the darkness of the day amidst the plain; 

Not a mortal grip or the sight 

Can disarrange to arrange your graceful asymmetry. 

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Far beyond the boundary of the existence 

Does those kindle of your eyes flickered? 

Does he have disposed all the enthusiasm? 

Was the grip unhinged not scared of the creation? 

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The strength and the imagination, what can have– 

Shaped the vigor into the beats you breathe? 

(And) before the throbbing began, what about— 

The tenderness of the grip, the holds of steps? 

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The forge and the hold to power, what can– 

The kiln be to shape the process of the skull? 

The smashed on the not so small mold by the— 

Unhitched hold was determined and timid? 

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The time pole of rays taken up by the celestials 

And wet the dried heaven with joy: 

Have creator overlooked the creation formed? 

Is he the one who created the innocent ones? 

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Tyger tyger not so dull when its shine, 

In the darkness of the day amidst the plain; 

Not a mortal grip or the sight 

Have disarrange to arrange your graceful asymmetry. 

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Picture: ‘Characteristick Portraits of Animals’; also used as illustration to John Henry Barrow’s ‘Characteristic Sketches of Animals’ (London 1832, ‘The Tiger’). 1829

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Writing an Opposite Poem of Tyger by William Blake (1757–1827)