First deviation, whoohoo! Anyway, this is the project I am currently working on. My English 12 teacher asked me to paint a mural on her hideously painted door. She gave me some ideas but pretty much left the concept and execution entirely up to me. I chose William Blake's poem "The Tiger" and planned to put a section of the poem on the door. Here's where I'd love some help. In addition to any improvements you think I can make, where should the poem go and how much should there be? In case you don't know it(or just need a refresher) this is the poem in its entirity:


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

In what distant deeps or skies 5
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart? 10
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand and what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp 15
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? 20

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



Critique away, please! Helpful honesty is welcomed with open arms but try not to be too harsh( ie you should be embarassed to put this up in a public place). My ego is fragile. Thanks muchly!