“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” This amendment prohibits the federal government from imposing unduly harsh penalties on criminal defendants, either as the price for obtaining pretrial release or as punishment for crime after conviction.
The imagery in the poem "The Tyger" are associated with the blacksmith's body and tools such as hand, shoulder, fire, hammer, anvil, clasp, spears, stars and water. The actions of heating, pounding, and force are all those of a blacksmith who transforms a simple metal into something of great worth and beauty.