The lamb is one of William Blake's more well known poems. It came out of his book, Songs of Innocence. As with any poem, this has had many interpretations and comments made about it. When I read through this poem i got my own thoughts and opinions about it. When talking about the lamb, I believe that Blake is using the lamb as a symbol for Jesus Christ. When describing the lamb he says things like the lamb is meek, and mild. These terms have been used to describe Jesus. He gives the lamb some of the same traits as Jesus. And at the end of the poem he also say, "Little Lamb, God Bless Thee!". In saying this, Blake is saying how God respects Jesus for dying for the people of the earth. The ending of the second stanza is trying to represent how God feels about his son. In the beginning of the poem the lamb us being questioned, as if it does not know what it is, "Little lamb, who made thee". This is showing how little the lamb knows of it creator, but still trusts it. The second stanza is about telling the lamb who made it and what it is, instead of questioning it. The second part, is also about how the lamb became a child if God, and eventually a child of man. The poem is part of the story of Christianity. William Blake was attempting to show the way he viewed the Christian religion to the world in writing The Lamb. This poem was his way of influencing others into believing his views without them realizing it. As a teenager I view this poem as a interpretation of how William Blake believed. By looking deeper into other works of his, one could get a real look into how he really believed. To close it off The Lamb is a key piece of literature if one really wants to understand the works of the romantics and their beliefs, especially those who follow the beliefs of William Blake.
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