Thesis Statement: The Lamb written by William Blake is a beautiful spiritually enriched poem that expresses God’s sovereignity, His love for creation and His gentleness in care and provisions for those that are His . I. Introduction • Author • Little Lamb II. Question of creation • Little Lamb who made you. 1. Provision of Needs a. Provides food b. Life in the meadow c. Provides Clothing III. Answer to Question of Creation • Little Lamb I’ll tell thee. a. Comparison of…

described as pure, tender, and innocent. Even in the Holy Bible, lambs are talked about in such high honor that they were even used to be holy sacrifices during biblical times. William Blake describes the young sheep in similar characteristics in the poem “The Lamb” and “The Tyger”. A tiger as we know its characteristics to be is fierce and mysterious. Always lurking around, waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. In William Blake’s two separate poems he ties each of the poems together with…

Innocence of the Lamb “The Lamb” is one of William Blake’s famous poems from his book Songs of Innocence published in 1789. “The Lamb” is also known as “Little Lamb” but better known by the former name. This poem is a didactic poem reflecting spirituality from a Christian point of view. “The Lamb” is a question and an answer type of poem and has a sense of innocence as the speaker is a child questioning a lamb’s existence. In “The Lamb” William Blake uses metaphor, symbolism and imagery to express…

that has ever existed may have had bad effects in one situation, but good effects for another situation. And every human, by extension, has aspects about them that can be viewed as both good and evil. In his poems, “The Tyger” and, “The Lamb”, author William Blake explores the ideas of duality, and how each thing must have an equal opposite. He uses both these poems to further ruminate on this dichotomy and brings up many questions in the context of religion. He seeks to point out that in the Christian…

“The Lamb” is a poem written by William Blake that has a handful of ideas or concepts going on all at once. The setting is unknown to the readers, but we know that the speaker is a child because it is made clear in the 17th line where Blake writes “I a child & thou a lamb.” When I first read this poem, I was dazed and confused. I initially thought why the child is talking to an animal when Blake writes ““Little Lamb who made thee” (1). Blake then proceeds to ask questions about the lamb’s origin…

The Lamb was written by the famous English writer William Blake. William Blake was an English writer from London who had very strong Christian beliefs that influenced his writings. Many of Blake’s poems had to do with his beliefs and views of God and Jesus. He published two famous book called “Songs of Innocence” and “Songs of Experiences”, where he describes life in the eyes of the innocent and of the experienced. In 1789 Blake published The Lamb in Songs of Innocence. I was very pleased when I…

William Blake, a unique poet of the literary canon, is one of the most critiqued poets of all time. Having a rather unique stylistic approach to topics, especially religion, Blake seems to contradict himself in his own writing and, therefore, sparks questions in the readers’ minds on specific subjects. Two of his poems in particular have been widely critiqued and viewed in various lights. “The Tyger,” written in 1774, and “The Lamb,” written five years later in 1789, are considered companion poems…

in The Lamb and The Tyger by William Blake his idea that there are two different types of people in this world yet we need both for balance. His next poem The Chimney Sweeper has many hidden meaning within his poem about his views on society. Then he goes on in his poem titled Infant Sorrow to reveal his thoughts on non-conformists. William Blake makes a different criticism of society in his four poems The Lamb, The Tyger, The Chimney Sweeper and Infant Sorrow. To begin, William Blake uses his…

William Blake is inspired to write this poem in which the central purpose or theme is to identify who the Lamb is and its origins, by formulating a series of questions, and to describe its characteristics and personality by portraying its awesome attributes. The World English Dictionary defines Lamb as: “1. A young, immature sheep, especially under a year old and without permanent teeth; 2. Somebody who is meek, gentle, and mild, especially a baby or a small child; 3. Someone who is easily deceived…

William Blake was a first generation Romantic poet. Many of his poems were critical of a society who thought themselves to be almost perfect, a society run by, not their own free will, but the use of technology. He wanted people to question what they had always done, and whether it was morally right. He did so by using varying techniques that set up clashes between ideologies and reality. His poems allow us to see into ‘the eternal world of the spirit’ and his dreams of the sacred England…