1. William Blake (1757-1827)

2. Features of his poems 1.use of simple language 2. serious, somber themes 3. lyrical beauty 4. symbolism 5. mysticism To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower. Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. (symbolism, emphasis on the spiritual rather than on the material )

3. The Tiger 1.the image of the tiger 1)beauty; 2) strength; 3)terror 2.symbolic meanings 1)beauty;2)strength;3)destructive force; 4)mysterious force 5)the way of the world: good and evil elements are togeter,cannot be separated

4. The Lamb Symbolic meanings: purity beauty innocence meekness gentleness image of Jesus Christ

5. Compare the two poems and see the relationship between the tiger and the lamb.

6. The Sick Rose :symbolic meanings virginity destroyed by a wicked man love destroyed by selfishness or jealousy innocence destroyed by experience mortal beauty destroyed by time imagination destroyed by reason