and experience he presents a realistic picture of life Life is not only beautiful It is also painful nbsp The Lamb and The Tyger as Symbols In the poem The Lamb the lamb is a symbol of innocence gentleness and love It also represents Christ and the pure soul of a child The child speaker asks who made the lamb The child also answers that God did This symbol shows the innocent side of life nbsp On the other hand The Tyger presents a frightening image The tiger is a symbol of violence power and evil It represents the darker side of life Blake asks how the same God could create both the lamb and the tiger nbsp Did he who made the Lamb make thee nbsp Through the symbols of the lamb and tiger Blake shows that human life contains both goodness and cruelty This makes his Romantic vision realistic nbsp Symbolism in The Chimney Sweeper In The Chimney Sweeper Blake uses strong symbols to show child suffering The chimney and coffins of black symbolize hard child labour misery and death The soot-covered child represents the loss of innocence In the Songs of Innocence version the angel and heaven symbolize false hope given by religion Blake exposed that children are taught to accept suffering quietly nbsp In the Songs of Experience version the little chimney sweep is aware of society s cruelty He is covered in black soot He cries in the snow While he suffers his parents pray in church He says they have given him clothes of death nbsp They clothed me in the clothes of death nbsp Here clothes of death symbolize suffering Through these symbols Blake shows the harsh reality of child labour nbsp Symbolism in Holy Thursday In Holy Thursday Blake uses children as symbols In Songs of Innocence children are compared to flowers of London town They symbolize purity and beauty However in Songs of Experience the same children symbolize poverty and neglect Blake asks in a rich country like England why so many children are hungry and poor nbsp And so many children poor nbsp Blake exposes cruelty and corruption hidden behind religious charity nbsp Symbolism in London In London Blake paints a picture of harsh and corrupted London He uses powerful symbols to show us the real picture of the city Blake says he sees that little boys are forced to work as chimney sweepers Soldiers are forced to die in wars He sees sadness in every person In every face he sees nbsp Marks of weakness marks of woe nbsp Blake uses two power symbols to show the corruption The black ning Church symbolizes religious hypocrisy Because the Church should help the poor and the children But it ignores their suffering The palace wall is stained by the blood of the hapless soldiers It symbolizes political oppression These symbols clearly show Blake s realism nbsp In conclusion Blake s use of symbolism makes him a realistic Romantic poet His symbols are simple but powerful They help him show both beauty and suffering Blake does not escape reality Instead he uses symbols to change it