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Tiger and Cub [Kishi Ganku, Japan, 19th c.] (media.piefed.social)
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Don't ask me HOW, and please don't ask me WHY, but for some reason, I'm getting some N'awlins flavor:

Denise LaSalle - "Don't Mess With My Toot Toot"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL3Wwo6RGyw

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[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies. Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand, dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat. What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain, In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what dread grasp. Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

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

Tyger Tyger burning bright, In the forests of the night: What immortal hand or eye, Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As a singer and voice-actor, I read that out loud in a sort of 'Nottingham' accent, amusing myself as you might imagine.

What a fricken, @*(!#$@!&IU^! great poem! (and response! <3)

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

William Blake knew his shit

Print of Blake 'Tyger' poem blazes path to auction record | | kake.com https://share.google/5UuQUKdcszH6GJYj6

[–] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Did tigers ever roam Japan?

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Evidently they used to, before being hunted to extinction. But just like extinct lions in Britain, they captured a cultural memory, and were embraced in art & heraldry long after they were gone.

Not to mention, Japanese traveling abroad would have come to understand that the species was still alive and well in various parts of Asia.