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Fearful Symmetry is a phrase from William Blake's poem "The Tyger" (Tyger, tyger, burning bright / In the forests of the night, / What immortal hand or eye / Could frame thy fearful symmetry? It has been used as the name of a number of other works:
Fearful Symmetry: A Study of William Blake is a 1947 book by Canadian literary critic Northrop Frye whose subject is the work of English poet and visual artist William Blake. The book has been hailed as one of the most important contributions to the study of William Blake and one of the first that embarked on the interpretation of ...
A poem that explores the mystery and beauty of a tiger's fearful symmetry, or perfect proportions. Blake asks questions about the creator of the tiger and the contrast between the tiger and the lamb.
16 de mar. de 2017 · (This might help to explain Blake’s reference to ‘fearful symmetry’: he is describing not only the remarkable patterns on the tiger’s skin and fur which humans have learned to go in fear of, but the ‘symmetry’ between the innocent lamb on the one hand and the fearsome tiger on the other.
17 de may. de 2012 · Fearful symmetry, a study of William Blake. by. Frye, Northrop. Publication date. 1947. Topics. Blake, William, 1757-1827. Publisher. [Princeton, N.J.] Princeton University Press.
This book offers an explanation of Blake’s thought and a commentary on his poetry. No effort has been made to deal at all adequately with Blake’s biography or with his work as painter and engraver: a study of his relation to English literature is primarily what has been attempted. The attempt is not unique, though the amount of critical ...
Fearful Symmetry accomplishes two important things: (a) it explains why the Bible is the "Great Code" of English literature and (b): it explains William Blake's key role in the elaboration of an English mythopeoia.
