The Poem Lamb Theme Analysis by William Blake

The Poem Lamb Theme Analysis by William Blake

William Blake

         William Blake was a British artist and poet.He was born on 1757 and died on 1827. He is specially known as romantic poet and he was a romantic painter .Sometime he illustrated his own poems and he published his songs of innocence in 1789 and songs of experience in 1794. He also illustrated Dantes Divine Comedy.

Critical Analysis of the poem Lamb.

       In this poem 'The Lamb' by William Blake presented a child's address to a Lamb. He puts several interrogations to know what does the Lamb know of itself .Does it know who has made it ,given its life, meadows to graze , and water to drink?Does it know also who has given comfortable wooly covering on its body, and a soft voice to echo pleasantly all over the valley ? He repeats his questions to know whether the Lamb is aware of its maker?

            In the second  stanza the child assures the Lamb that he will tell it of its creator , who is known as Lamb . He is gentle and tender calls himself a Lamb and became a little child himself . The child knows that the Lamb and he himself are one with him and called by his name . Finally he invokes God's blessing repeatedly for the Lamb.

 

The Poem Lamb Theme Analysis by William Blake

1.What is the theme of “The Lamb”?

          In this poem a child addresses a lamb and enquires whether it knows its creator who provides it with food, drink, wooly clothing , soft and sweet voice to delight. He also assure the lamb that he will tell it of its creator who is kind and gentle. He is one with him like the Lamb and the child himself. After all,  He identified himself with them. The child invokes gods blessing for the little Lamb.

 

2Literary device in the poem Lamb.

        Literary device is an element that allows the writer to present his ideas and emotions. Blake has also used some literary device to present his thoughts. Some literary device used in this poem, discussed below.

 

Assonance

      Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds of a same line such as the sound of------ in “By the stream and over the mead”.

 

Allusion-

     Allusion is a belief and an indirect reference to a person place, thing or idea of historical cultural political significance “ The Lamb”.

 

Symbolism -

   The device symbolism referred the symbols to signify the ideas and qualities by referring the symbolic meaning “Lamb and the child both are the symbols of chastity and innocence.

 

Imagery-

    Imagery is used to make the readers to think of their senses. The poet has used “sweetest, clothing ,wooly ,bright He became a live child.

 

The Poem Lamb Theme Analysis by William Blake

3What is the tone of the poem Lamb?

             Short summary of the poem Lamb. In this poem a child addresses a lamb and puts several questions to the lamb whether it knows of itself. Does it know who has made it, given its life, meadows to graze water of stream and comfortable wooly and also the soft voice?

 

                        The child also make sure that he will tell it of its creator who has given all the things to it. He referred that the creator it is kind and gentle, calls Himself a lamb and became a child sometime and sometime called by his name. Finally he invokes God’s blessing for the lamb.

 

The lamb poem structure-

 

           The poem “The lamb” is basically written in trochaic metre. This metre is normally found in child’s verse. The opening stanza and the closing stanza ends with spondee .

                   The pattern of repetition with different couplets emphasis the child’s riddle.

 

The Lamb William Blake Symbolism.-

 

        The poem ‘The Lamb” is written by William Blake is a child’s address to an innocent Lamb, which symbolically presents the God’s creation of soft and gentle ones. And also revel that His creation wonderious and tender and the fact is the poem is the symbol of God’s simple creation.