The Tyger
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William Blake's "The Tyger" explores the awe-inspiring and terrifying beauty of creation, questioning who could craft such a fearsome yet radiant being.
Today's poem for June 5, 2026, is "The Tyger" by William Blake. 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 seize the fire? And what shoulder, and what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand? and 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? Blake leaves us with awe instead of an answer: beauty can be radiant, terrifying, and holy all at once.
