While the tiger may be a dangerous creature, it is still one of beauty, much like our own society. We encounter dangerous situations and beautiful scenes on a daily basis. In short, there is danger but there is also beauty. It is also interesting to observe how the end of "the Tiger" is much like the beginning. The poet writes:

Tyger, Tyger burning bright

In the forests of the night

What immortal hand or eye

Dare frame thy fearful symmetry.

With this last stanza the poet brings the poem full circle. It is interesting to note how the tiger is not just burning but that he is burning bright. Furthermore, he lives in a dark world of danger. This dark world allows us to see the burning animal's "fearful symmetry" (Tyger 4). This line also brings a balance between the tiger's fierceness and its beauty. We should also note how...
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