CWood Eng 102 D 12 Poetry Essay
“The Lamb” Analysis
201240 English 102: Literature and Composition
Fall D 2012
Cara Wood L25261640
APA
Thesis: In the poem, “The Lamb” by William Blake, the speaker is clearly a child who explains that the creation of Lambs, mankind and everything that surrounds us, is through God Himself. This poem was written simple and repetitive, so that even the young can understand its meaning. Themes of innocence and experience are shown through Blake’s writing.
Outline:
I. Introduction
A. Thesis
B. The poem’s innocence
II. The speaker
A. A Child
a. Stanza 17
B. Child Speaking to the Lamb
a. The child is asking questions to the Lamb
b. The child then answers his own questions
c. The child ends with a blessing
III. Relation to Jesus Christ
A. Gentleness and kindness
B. Jesus is referred as the Lamb of God
IV. Simply written
A. Repetitive
B. Theme of innocence and experience
V. The meaning
A. Children’s song
B. God created all
C. God created man
VI. Conclusion
A. Thesis
B. Relation to Christ
C. Innocence and experience
In the poem, “The Lamb” by William Blake, the speaker is clearly a child who explains that the creation of Lambs, mankind and everything that surrounds us, is through God Himself. This poem was written simple and repetitive, so that even the young can understand its meaning. Themes of innocence and experience are shown through Blake’s writing. By using a child as a speaker, Blake creates moods of innocence and experience throughout the entire poem.
Blake’s clearly states that the speaker of this poem is a child in stanza 17. He says, “I a child, and thou a lamb” (Blake, 1789). This tells the reader that the child is speaking to the Lamb. In the beginning of the poem the child is asking the lamb questions about how he came onto the Earth and who his creator is. When reading the first few lines of “The Lamb”, one may think that the speaker honestly doesn’t know the answers to the questions he is asking. However, in stanza 11, the speaker
201240 English 102: Literature and Composition
Fall D 2012
Cara Wood L25261640
APA
Thesis: In the poem, “The Lamb” by William Blake, the speaker is clearly a child who explains that the creation of Lambs, mankind and everything that surrounds us, is through God Himself. This poem was written simple and repetitive, so that even the young can understand its meaning. Themes of innocence and experience are shown through Blake’s writing.
Outline:
I. Introduction
A. Thesis
B. The poem’s innocence
II. The speaker
A. A Child
a. Stanza 17
B. Child Speaking to the Lamb
a. The child is asking questions to the Lamb
b. The child then answers his own questions
c. The child ends with a blessing
III. Relation to Jesus Christ
A. Gentleness and kindness
B. Jesus is referred as the Lamb of God
IV. Simply written
A. Repetitive
B. Theme of innocence and experience
V. The meaning
A. Children’s song
B. God created all
C. God created man
VI. Conclusion
A. Thesis
B. Relation to Christ
C. Innocence and experience
In the poem, “The Lamb” by William Blake, the speaker is clearly a child who explains that the creation of Lambs, mankind and everything that surrounds us, is through God Himself. This poem was written simple and repetitive, so that even the young can understand its meaning. Themes of innocence and experience are shown through Blake’s writing. By using a child as a speaker, Blake creates moods of innocence and experience throughout the entire poem.
Blake’s clearly states that the speaker of this poem is a child in stanza 17. He says, “I a child, and thou a lamb” (Blake, 1789). This tells the reader that the child is speaking to the Lamb. In the beginning of the poem the child is asking the lamb questions about how he came onto the Earth and who his creator is. When reading the first few lines of “The Lamb”, one may think that the speaker honestly doesn’t know the answers to the questions he is asking. However, in stanza 11, the speaker