The poem "The Lamb" by William Blake uses a lamb as a symbol of purity and innocence to represent Jesus Christ. The speaker asks the lamb who created it and cares for it, then reveals that its creator is God, who took human form in Jesus. In the second stanza, Blake further explains that Jesus is referred to as "the Lamb of God" for his gentle, meek nature. The poem ends by blessing the lamb.

1. -Songs of Innocence and Experience -
Daniela Duran, Clara Gil, Laura Rodriguez,
Maria Paula Urbina.

2. The Lamb
Little Lamb, who made thee? A
Dost thou know who made thee? A
Gave thee life, and bid thee feed B
By the stream and o’er the mead, B
Gave thee clothing of delight, C
Softest clothing, wooly bright; C
Gave thee such a tender voice, D
Making all the vales rejoice? D
Little Lamb who made thee? A
Dost thou know who made thee? A
Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee, A
Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee: A
He is called by thy name, B
For he calls himself a Lamb. C
He is meek, and he is mild; C
He became a little child. C
I a child, and thou a lamb, C
We are called by his ame. B
Little Lamb, God bless thee! A
Little Lamb, God bless thee! A

3. For Blake The Lamb, was a
religious symbol, it represented
God, the innocence, and the
purity of the world.

4. Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Gave thee life, and bid thee feed
By the stream and o’er the mead,
Gave thee clothing of delight,
Softest clothing, wooly bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the vales rejoice?
Little Lamb who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
The lamb is a clear Biblical allusion: the speaker (Blake in a figure of a child) praises the
Lord for creating such a virtuous creature, he honors God for making a beautiful world.
Asks directly the creature if he knows the great one who made him. Writes about the
water and food supplied to the lamb, as well as his soft ‘’voice’.

5. Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee,
Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee:
He is called by thy name,
For he calls himself a Lamb.
He is meek, and he is mild;
He became a little child.
I a child, and thou a lamb,
We are called by his name.
Little Lamb, God bless thee!
Little Lamb, God bless thee!
In the second stanza, Blake supplies the answer proposed in the firs stanza. The
symbol worked here, is : Since Jesus is often called The Lamb Of God // The lab = God
In being kind, and sweet with humanity. Blake ends the poem blessing the lamb for
his relation with the lord. ‘’I a Child’’ and ‘’thou a lamb’’  shows even more a
religious aspect (because of the syntax) .

7. A Poison Tree
I was angry with my friend; A
I told my wrath, my wrath did end. A
I was angry with my foe: B
I told it not, my wrath did grow. B
And I watered it in fears, A
Night & morning with my tears: A
And I sunned it with smiles, B
And with soft deceitful wiles. B
And it grew both day and night. A
Till it bore an apple bright. A
And my foe beheld it shine, B
And he knew that it was mine. B
And into my garden stole, A
When the night had veiled the pole; A
In the morning glad I see; B
My foe outstretched beneath the tree. B

8. The narrator at one time became angry with a friend. This conflict was resolved because the narrator told him
and “wrath did end.”. Then, the narrator brings another conflict, but this anger is with a foe. The narrator didn’t
tell him and “wrath did grow.”
I was angry with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.

9. Black is telling the reader that the anger and fear go together. Fear can force people to act and
think things out of their character. This emotions can take the narrator to a dark place. He
mentions that the anger is feed with tears- emotion is unwanted. But narrator is happy to see the
anger growing and the longer is allowed to contain anger, the more poison it becomes.
And I watered it in fears,
Night & morning with my tears:
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.

10. The anger grows into a poison tree. Anger is a poison that manage someone’s emotions and
powers of reason. This tree produces an apple bright. The foe sees this apple and knows that it
belongs to the narrator and he wants it.
And it grew both day and night.
Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine.

11. The foe sneaks into the narrator garden to take this apple. At the end, the apple, takes his life.
The narrator is victorious over the foe but at a high cost. He is glad to see him outstretched
beneath the tree. No matter what the anger-poisoned may believe, this is not a victory.
And into my garden stole,
When the night had veiled the pole;
In the morning glad I see;
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.
Blake shows the reader what
anger can do and how such
emotion can become poison in
people’s mind.