Evaluate Blake’s use of the extended metaphor throughout his two poems, “The Lamb” and “The Tyger.” How does he build the metaphor throughout both poems and is it effective in achieving its goal? Your answer should be at least one hundred words.

Before we jump into the 'The Tyger' and 'The Lamb,' let's discuss the larger bodies of work the poems belong to. In 1789, William Blake printed a collection of 19 poems called Songs of Innocence (which contained 'The Lamb'). Five years later, in 1794, Blake printed a collection of 26 poems entitled Songs of Experience (which contained 'The Tyger'). After this point, the two volumes were published together as a collection called Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul.

To be sure, that title sticks out because it's so long, but it's interesting for another reason. The title encourages us to consider the 'contrary states' of innocence and experience as we read the poems in both collections. However, because the collections are joined together, we must also be on the lookout for connections between the two. Even though they originally appeared in different volumes, 'The Tyger' and 'The Lamb' can be connected if we read them closely.

  dante alighieri wrote the divine comedy, a description of a spititual journey. when he wrote it , he was in exile. in florence, dante's native city, there was a social strife, they had political turmoil, and some of the   florentine names included in the narrative may have been a way that dante used to criticize his fellow citizens.

the central idea is basically saying that juveniles that have committed a crime will not have the same consequences as the   adults that have. they will have a softer punishment than what the adults have that is harsh in some ways.