Tiger, Tiger, dull and ag'd,
Thy former strength forever cag'd
In arthritic bones and wither'd skin:
Thus the price for deadly sin.
When still young, and strong, and fresh,
Dreadful your teeth which rend all flesh.
But now thou'rt tir'd, haggard, and old,
Once-fiery eyes are black dots gone cold.
And thy Maker, who, in thy youth,
Was known by thy very form, plain truth
Was evident by thine ev'ry move:-
He made by hate, not by love.
Where is He now, who was so present
In thy shape, who by thee was meant
To bring Hell on Earth, where now, that thou
Art grown old,- well, where is He now?
Tiger, Tiger, dull and ag'd,
By thy former virtues the world was stag'd
As a banquet table, where the rage
Which cours'd through thee in some former age?
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Written July 17th, 2003
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Weird humour, totaly bizarr but none the less still funny. Nice write, never thought anyone would look at a tiger in this way but hey, the world is filled with some odd people...not saying your odd, saying your peorty is differnt
no offense insteded here. Maybe i should stop digging myself a grave here???
Well done on the write keep it up
Dryad Enya -
Blas pha me, blas pha you.
Hmmm. So many assumptions here, very one sided. I see nothing funny here, only an old tiger about to die. But you did say you had a weird sense of humor. Well put together piece. Obviously the product of a keen and observant mind, if a bitter one. Thanks for the window into it. -
The Blake part was always part of the title.
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I fear spelling symmetry.
I liked this re-working. Did you add the Blake part to the title after Diamond's comment or are they that oblivious? -
an interesting parody of the original and made me smile at your own take on the poem.
It would be interesting to see how you would revise this now and if you do. please link me to it.
Ann -
Excellent Poem
This poem reminds me somewhat of the poem Tiger Tiger Burning Bright. I can't remember who the poet is right now but his poem was awesome and so is yours. This is my first time visiting your page and so far I like what I've seen. I like your old style of writing with the thy and thee and various other useful writing tools. I see someone referes to it as the 'Kings of English' anyways it was great and your poem was fantastic. I hope to be reading more of your work
Avril
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lol- im guessin people will only understand the ironic humour in this after reading Tyger, Tyger! And yes I have, and so the contrast between the poems is much appreciated, and the flawless use of language and opposites to teh original is stunning!
Will read on!
xxx
Scarlet -
sweet wording, and by "sweet" i mean it in a slang sense
that's all i really gained from the poem because i'm too ignorant to see why this is funny. . .am i demented? 
well, great flow and non-cliche rhyme.
SSB -
I want to be a Tiger when I grow up
-Fallen n Frustrated -
Wow, great use of the kings english, it was great. I use it sometimes in my poems but i don't use it a lot and constantly. Anyway great poem, loved it, loved it, loved it, loved it, loved it, and this could go on forever, so i'll just cut it short at five. Any way i would like it if you would read some of my poems, or longer stuff it like short stories if you prefer, it would be much appreciated. Any way good job and blessed be, for all eternity.
Tiphanie
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