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1、Thelamb1'TheLambnisapoembyWilliamBlake,publishedinSongsofInnocencein1789.LikemanyofBlake'sworks,thepoemisaboutChristianity.Thewholecollectionispervadedwithabreathofsimplicityandfancy.Poeticstructure1rhymescheme:AABBCCDDAAAAEFGGFEAA"TheLamb"hastwostanzas,eachcontainin
2、gfiverhymedcouplets・2Thelayoutissetupbytwostanzaswiththerefrain:"LittleLambwhomadethee?Dostthouknowwhomadethee?uInthefirststanza,thespeakerwonderswhothelamb'screatoris;theanswerliesattheendofthepoem・Herewefindaphysicaldescriptionofthelamb,seenasapureandgentlecreature
3、・Inthesecondstanza,thelambiscomparedwiththeinfantJesus,aswellasbetweenthelambandthespeaker'ssoul.Inthelasttwolinesthespeakeridentifiesthecreator:God・Rhetoricaldevices1Thepoembeginswiththequestion,"LittleLamb,whomadethee?”Thespeaker,achild,asksthelambaboutitsorigins:h
4、ow让cameintobeing,howitacquireditsparticularmanneroffeeding.its"clothing^ofwool,its"tendervoice:2Inthenextstanza,thespeakerattemptsariddlinganswertohisownquestion:thelambwasmadebyonewho“callshimselfaLamb,”onewhoresemblesinhisgentlenessboththechildandthelamb.Repetition
5、inthefirstandlastcoupletofeachstanzamakestheselinesintoarefrain,andhelpstogivethepoemitssong-likequality.Theflowingsoftvowelsoundscontributetothiseffect,andalsosuggestthebleatingofalamborthelispingcharacterofachild'schant.Theme1ThelambisacommonmetaphorforJesusChrist,
6、whoisalsocalledthe"TheLambofGodM2Blakeinthesongsofinnocencewithchildishlife'spointofview,showsafullofloveandkindness,compassionandhappyworld.Thepoemhasjust20lines,butdepictsthecharacterofgentlenessvividly.3Thepoet'sdescriptionabouttheIambuskindnessandgentleness,aimst
7、oexpresstheirfeelingoflifeandnature,andtheyearningfortheuniverseandharmoniousunderstanding・4Henotonlysingspraiseofgentlelamb,butalsothemysticalpowerthatcancreatethelamb.HeretheGod,JesusandtheLambarcjusttheonething.Backgroundinformation:TheTygernisapoembytheEnglishpoe
8、tWilliamBlake.ItwaspublishedaspartofhiscollectionSongsofExperiencein1794.TheCambridgeCompaniontoWilliamBlake(2003)callsit"themostan