“A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men” (Martin Farquhar Tupper). This quote represents the key aspect discussed in The Lamb. The keys being innocence, youth and Christianity. In The Lamb, William Blake uses various types of figurative language such as imagery to portray the key themes. Christ and the lamb are compared in this poem because he was meek, mild and pure. Also Christ was born a child according to the New Testament in the Bible (Luke 2). William Blake said his writings can be understood by children more so than adults perhaps because of their perception of life (The British Library). Many people may feel as though a child …show more content…
“Little Lamb who made thee Dost thou know who made thee”(1.1-1.2). The speaker is a child himself but he is also a “teacher”. However, he addresses the lamb as a “little” lamb as though he isn’t a child himself. Is this to belittle the lamb and/or show authority? The speaker also makes this rhetorical question a puzzle or a riddle. The question is who created him not who his biological parents are. The speaker is asking a legitimate question that he is curious for the answer of. The question is a deep question every person asks themselves some point in their life. The questions makes the lamb really speculate on whom created him. In the next lines the question is posed again but this time the speaker's tone is different as though the speaker has a higher position than the lamb. The Lamb is moderately being quizzed, it’s equivalent to a teacher quizzing a student. First the question is asked and when the the student doesn’t seem to know the correct answer the question is asked again but this time the tone is different. The teacher will then hint at the answer confident the student knows the correct answer. The speaker then gives hints to the lamb and mentions everything his creator has given to him. This reveals that the speaker is a firm believer in his faith. He continues on saying, “Gave thee life and bid thee feed By the stream and o’er the mead”(1.3). Simply saying his creator gave him much more than food and a home; he gave the lamb life. “The Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and the man became a living being” (Bible {Genesis 2:7}). He made the lamb in his own perfect image giving him parts of himself. His creation is his child and God gave everyone free will. He wants his children to choose to obey them rather than making them obey him. Sinning is an obstacle that is unavoidable, but God takes the sin away after repentance.