Isaac Simpkins and Jackson Randall The Lamb Isaac Simpkins and Jackson Randall

Synopsis In the poem, The Lamb, William Blake, is paying a tribute to Lord Christ who was innocent and pure... like a child, and meek and mild like a lamb. Blake compares the lamb to Jesus, the lamb of God. Blake claims both are mild and meek, with a heavenly aspect about them. The speaker asks the lamb in the first stanza of the poem if he knows who created it and who has blessed it with life. The second stanza supplies the answer from the first stanza. Blake describes the Lord Jesus Christ as the creator of the lamb and goes on to name the similarities of the lamb and Jesus.

Basic Facts Poet/Author is William Blake The main themes of the poem is innocence, man and the natural world, religion, and youth The poem was written in 1789 The lamb represents many things but mainly Jesus Christ, the lamb of God This poem clearly shows Blake’s religious beliefs

Word choice between The Lamb and The Tyger The lamb uses more soothing and happy words and phrases such as tender, meek, mild, Little child. The Tyger uses more dark and gloomy words and phrases such as terror, deadly, tears, burning, dare its deadly terrors. The Lamb is a poem in Blake’s Songs of Innocence, The Tyger is in the complete opposite work by Blake, Songs of Experience.

Ideas and Tones in the Lamb The tones of the speaker and the ideas of the poem were positive and happy ideas and tones. Examples of ideas would be “Gave thee clothing of delight” or “Gave thee life & thee feed.” An example of a tone in The Lamb is innocence and happiness.

Biblical Allusions in The Lamb The poem is an allusions of God and his followers. The lamb represents God’s children at the same time as it represents Jesus himself. It states in the bible that the children of God are the lambs of God. The poem also says “He calls himself a Lamb” referring to Jesus. Later on in the test, it states “He became a little child” proving that the lamb is Jesus.

Ending The poem ends on the note of God blessing the lamb for his relationship to the Lord.