"The Tyger" Summary
The speaker directly addresses a tiger, imagining its bright flashes of color in the dark night-time forest.The speaker wonders in which far-off depths or skies the tiger's fiery eyes were made.The speaker imagines the kind of effort and skill that must have gone into creating the tiger, wondering who would be strong enough to build the tiger's muscular body.The speaker wonders about the tools the tiger's creator must have used, imagining that the tiger's brain was created in a forge.At this time, wonders the speaker, did the creator look at the tiger and smile at his accomplishment?