"The Tyger" is a poem by the English poet William Blake, published in 1794 as part of his Songs of Experience collection and rising to prominence in the romantic period.

[4] The two books were published together under the merged title Songs of Innocence and of Experience, showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul: the author and printer, W. Blake[4] featuring 54 illustrated plates.

When the stars threw down their spears And water'd heaven with their tears: Did he smile his work to see?

[10] The poem is structured around questions that the speaker poses concerning the "Tyger," including the phrase "Who made thee?"

The first stanza opens the poem with a central line of questioning, stating "What immortal hand or eye, / Could frame thy fearful symmetry?".

This direct address to the creature serves as a foundation for the poem's contemplative style as the "Tyger" cannot provide the speaker with a satisfactory answer.

"The Tyger" is the sister poem to "The Lamb" (from "Songs of Innocence"), a reflection of similar ideas from a different perspective.

[11] Therefore, the questions posed by the speaker within "The Tyger" are intentionally rhetorical; they are meant to be answered individually by readers instead of brought to a general consensus.

[12] Colin Pedley and others have argued that Blake may have been influenced in selecting the animal by the death of a son of Sir Hector Munro by a tiger in December 1792.

Joni Mitchell uses two lines in her song about the music industry, the title track of her 1998 album Taming the Tiger.