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1、Thelamb1"TheLamb"isapoembyWilliamBlake,publishedinSongsofInnocencein1789.LikemanyofBlake'sworks,thepoemisaboutChristianity.Thewholecollectionispervadedwithabreathofsimplicityandfancy.
Poeticstructure1rhymescheme:AABBCCDDAAAAEFGGFEAA“TheLamb”hastwostanzas,eachcont
2、ainingfiverhymedcouplets.2Thelayoutissetupbytwostanzaswiththerefrain:"LittleLambwhomadethee?Dostthouknowwhomadethee?"
Inthefirststanza,thespeakerwonderswhothelamb'screatoris;theanswerliesattheendofthepoem.Herewefindaphysicaldescriptionofthelamb,seenasapureandgent
3、lecreature.Inthesecondstanza,thelambiscomparedwiththeinfantJesus,aswellasbetweenthelambandthespeaker'ssoul.Inthelasttwolinesthespeakeridentifiesthecreator:God.
Rhetoricaldevices1Thepoembeginswiththequestion,“LittleLamb,whomadethee?”Thespeaker,achild,asksthelambab
4、outitsorigins:howitcameintobeing,howitacquireditsparticularmanneroffeeding,its“clothing”ofwool,its“tendervoice.”2Inthenextstanza,thespeakerattemptsariddlinganswertohisownquestion:thelambwasmadebyonewho“callshimselfaLamb,”onewhoresemblesinhisgentlenessboththechild
5、andthelamb.Repetitioninthefirstandlastcoupletofeachstanzamakestheselinesintoarefrain,andhelpstogivethepoemitssong-likequality.Theflowingsoftvowelsoundscontributetothiseffect,andalsosuggestthebleatingofalamborthelispingcharacterofachild’schant.Theme1Thelambisacomm
6、onmetaphorforJesusChrist,whoisalsocalledthe"TheLambofGod"2Blakeinthesongsofinnocence,withchildishlife'spointofview,showsafullofloveandkindness,compassionandhappyworld.Thepoemhasjust20lines,butdepictsthecharacterofgentlenessvividly.
3Thepoet’sdescriptionaboutthela
7、mb’skindnessandgentleness,aimstoexpresstheirfeelingoflifeandnature,andtheyearningfortheuniverseandharmoniousunderstanding.4Henotonlysingspraiseofgentlelamb,butalsothemysticalpowerthatcancreatethelamb.HeretheGod,JesusandtheLambarejusttheonething.
TheTygerTyger! ︳T
8、yger! ︳burning︳ bright
In the︳ forests ︳of the ︳night,
What im︳mortal ︳hand or ︳eye
Could ︳frame thy︳ fearful ︳symmetry?Analysis:Inthethisverse,theauthorcompar