Poems: The Lamb

Description

Blake crafts a deceptively simple conversation between a child and a lamb that unfolds into profound spiritual revelation. Through repeated questions and lyrical answers, the poem connects the innocence of the lamb to the innocence of the child speaker, and both to the divine nature of Christ—the Lamb of God. The poem's deliberately childlike language and repetitive structure create a song-like quality that masks its deep theological insights about creation, divinity, and the nature of innocence. Blake's genius lies in making complex religious concepts accessible through the pure voice of childhood wonder and direct spiritual experience.