The Lamb
Little lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Gace thee life and bid thee feed
By the stream and o'er the mead;
Gave thee clothing of delight,
Softest clothing, woolly, bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the cales rejoice?
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Little Lamb, I'll tell thee,
Little Lamb, I'll tell thee:
He is called by thy name,
For he calls himself a Lamb,
He is meek and he is mild;
He became a little child.
I a child, and thou a lamb,
We are called by his name
Little Lamb, God bless thee!
Little Lamb, God bless thee!
posted by LeTara @ 1/15/2005 01:05:00 PM
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Composed around 1788; published 1789. Blake included this poem among his Songs of Innocence. The corresponding poem in Songs of Experience is "the Tyger." And the contrast between the two poems is a vivid as the contrast between a real lamb and a real tiger as well as the manifold contrasts between innoence and experience. "the Tyger" is nothing but the questions that end up at the same place where the began, and the rhythems are percussuvely insistent. Ebery line ends with a stressed rhyming syllable, "The Lamb" begins with questions but ends with answers. The inner lines of the stanzas have rhyme, but the outer couplets feature simple repetition ("made thee" four thimes, "tell thee" and "less thee" twice each)- a much less emphtaic effect. The speaker of " the Lamb" is identified as a child and seems to speak as a child.
Form: trimeter and tetrameter couplets
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