Dare
I like that the last stanza is repeated from the beginning but more of a dare instead of asking if you have the ability
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- Jul 2021
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Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
This line makes me think back to The Lamb and how it was saying that the reader is created by god. but putting it as a rhetorical question makes it seem like it's not the same reader.
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When the stars threw down their spears And water'd heaven with their tears:
This makes me think of a heavenly protector
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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?
I love that this passage goes basically like head, shoulders, knees, and toes. Makes me think about how the whole body is God's if you think about it in a sense of Christianity where they talk about how everything belongs to him and goes back to him.
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What the hand, dare seize the fire?
This makes me think of an angel as well since it sounds like it's protecting the reader from the fire.
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Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire?
I definitely see what Riley is saying about this possibly being an allegory for Satan, but I also think this could be symbolic of an angel with divine power too.
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Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night;
I find this opening section interesting because I think of a tiger not being a nocturnal animal so the idea of it burning bright in the middle of the night makes me think it's talking more in the religious terms of like the holy spirit or something that is always with you
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