Analysis of The Lamb by William Blake.
Source : Google Images The Lamb by Blake, published in 1789 in his collection Songs of Innocence, is filled with religious sentiments. The speaker in the poem is a child, the representative of innocence. This poem is actually a counterpart to Blakes’s poem “The Tyger” in Songs of Experience, where we can find several inverted parallels. The lyric is counterpart to the tiger. “The Lamb” and “The Tyger” represent the two contrary states of the human soul. The lamb represents innocence and humanity whereas the tiger represents a fierce force within man. The speaker, who is a child addresses a Lamb, probably wandering in the meadows. The lamb is a baby lamb because the child calls him Little Lamb. The child asks who made the little lamb in a typical child’s tone, rhythm and diction. He asks him several questions, like who gave it life and food, from where it got its wool and a tender voice which makes the valleys rejoice. Though these questions are rhetorical questions, the poet aims to ma