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Comment 5 of 5, added on May 31st, 2006 at 9:54 AM.
i thought the lamb represented mankind????
Comment 4 of 5, added on May 17th, 2006 at 7:29 AM.
a stanza of questions
a stanza of answers
isnt this all a bit too....easy?
The rhyming couplets, equal stanza lengths...The Lamb, acting as a pure and innocent image of God, is implicitly presented as superficial, distorted and rigid with Blake imposing such an idealistic, almost nursery rhyme like frame.
God is not supposed to be framed! What is with human's insistence in placing meaning and definition onto every bloody thing?
And also, note that the imperfect trochaic form gives 7 syllables to the first and last lines of each stanza whereby the rest of the lines have 6. Blake is purposefully putting emphasis on the QUESTIONS!
Now this may just constitute Blake's outside perspective on things orrrr stressing a sense of uncertainty and speculation.
Religion provides answers for questions. It has no effect on the Lamb whatsoever...is that all it has to offer????
Ami
Comment 3 of 5, added on March 10th, 2006 at 3:42 PM.
It will never be known if the Lamb was meant to symbolize christ or not. Although I beleive it is safe to say that the Lamb symbolizes a being vulnerable and one that is innocent, almost oblivious to the evil elsewhere. The Lamb is referred to in many of Blake's poems as this sort of creature, I beleive it is safe to say the same in this one.
Evan from Canada
Comment 2 of 5, added on September 1st, 2005 at 5:37 PM.
hi im a girl trying to figure out why william blake wrote The Lamb!!!!!
genevieve from Australia
Comment 1 of 5, added on April 12th, 2005 at 5:33 PM.
While looking at the Story, “The Lamb”, a question arises. Does the Lamb really refer to Christ? “The Lamb” is a great story that reminds the reader Christ really is the quiet Lamb that is slaughtered. “The Lamb” is illustrating what God calls His Son in His word. As is seen in the scriptures and is being noted by many scholars today, “As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock.” (John 10:15,16 NKJV) There is what seems to be a contradiction of terms. Christ in one place is being referred to as the Shepherd, and yet in another place as the Lamb. Is Christ really the Lamb?
Early in Chapter one of the gospel of John, the cousin of Jesus is performing some topical preaching to the religious Jews of Christ’s day. It is clear here that John the Baptist, who is Jesus’ cousin, is rebuking the Jews, yet he is also sharing the gospel with the world. “The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, ‘Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29 NKJV) Why is John the Baptist saying here that Jesus is the Lamb of God? Is there a correlation between a Lamb and the Son of God? Why did William Blake write the poem, “The Lamb”?
It is very arguable as to why Christ is the Lamb of God, but only if the word of God is not true. Looking to the words of William Blake, there is much insight to be found on this question. William Blake is at first calling the lamb out as though it were an animal, “Little Lamb, who made thee?...Gave thee clothing of delight…Dost thou know who made thee?” Blake is switching now in the latter half of his poem to the Deity of Christ, “He is called by they name, For he calls himself a Lamb: He is meek and mild, He became a little child:”
Here, William Blake is showing the reader the complexity of Christ in that Jesus is “The Lamb” who is slain for the world. Christ is full of the characteristics of a Lamb. He is meek and mild; he is humble enough that he is becoming a child.
Tre' Faulkner from United States
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i thought the lamb represented mankind????