The answer is “themes”. <u>Both the tiger and the lamb convey similar messages, also called </u><u>themes</u>. By definition, a theme is a main idea, an underlying message or meaning of a literary work that can be made direct or indirectly. The theme in both poems by William Blake (“<em>The Lamb</em>” and “<em>The Tyger</em>”) is <u>creation and origin</u>. For instance, in the poem “<em>The Tyger</em>”, the narrator questions how the same God could create such a gentle creature as the lamb and also a terrifying creature as the tiger (“<em>Did he who made the Lamb make thee?</em>”).
