Tyger tyger burning bright.

[KINGOFBEDSIT]

Why is the poem by Blake spell the word Tyger with a 'y'

[shaneystar2]

It is one of Blake's best known poems. It is also one of the most analysed of his poems.
Rumour has it that Blake specifically chose the Old English spelling of "tyger" (over the standard English of "tiger") because that particular version of the word evoked a more terrifying imagery and deeper visceral reaction from the reader.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyger

[MustafaTickl]

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?

(Written by Blake in 1794)

[Tatty Rollox]

........ William Blake also wrote about the Lamb mentioned in Tyger, and this is a facsimile of his original sheet ............