The Lamb by William Blake
Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Gave thee life & bid thee feed, By the stream & o'er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing, wooly, wooly, bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice? Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? 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 & he is mild; He became a little child. I a child & thou a lamb. We are called c alled by his name. Little Lamb, God bless thee! Little Lamb, God bless thee! 1. INST INSTRI RINS NSIC IC ELEM ELEMEN ENTS TS A. Expo Exposi siti tion on a. Intr Introd oduc uctio tion n to to cha charac racter ter –
Little lamb “Little Lamb, who made thee?”
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Narrator It shows by some interrogative sentences above. “Little Lamb, who made thee?” “Dost thou know who made thee?”
b. b. Intr Introd oduc uctio tion n to conf confli lict ct From the beginning it starts to ask “who made thee?” that was the rising point of the poem. c.
Climax and Resolution The 2 last lines is the climax and resolution “Little Lamb, God bless thee!”
“Little Lamb, God bless thee!” 2. CHARAC CHARACTER TER AND AND CHARACT CHARACTERI ERIZA ZATIO TION N –
Little lamb
a. Physical He is a little boy / child. “He became a little child.” b. b. Psyc Psycho holo logi gica call Mild, meek, weak, (refer to good thing) “He is meek & he is mild” 3. SETT SETTIN ING G OF PLA PLACE CE AND AND TIME TIME a. Time It was about 17-18 centuries, the use of word “thee” usually used by poet in that age. 4. THEME The Lamb is a very symbolic poem. The lamb in the poem can symbolize innocence, serenity, a child, God, or sacrifice. The poem gives credit to God for making such a beautiful being as the lamb. As I read, In Christian theology, Jesus Jesus the Messiah is often referred to as a "lamb "lamb", ", emph emphas asizi izing ng his his meek meeknes nesss and and gent gentlen lenes ess, s, he was was oppr oppres esse sed d and and afflicted. The weakness of a lamb conveys the weakness that Jesus displayed to the world. He did not come as a powerful God. This is the point of Christianity emphasis on theology of suffering, not on being powerful, rich, or prideful in this life. "He is meek and He is mild, He became a little child". This refers to the incarnation of Christ as a baby in Bethlehem, where God "became a little child". In Christian theology, God became man so as to be a member of the human race; by doing so, He also brought the human race into his "divine" race -- He adopted humanity into himself. "I a child and thou a lamb, we are called by His name": humans are now identified identified by Jesus’ Jesus’ name and his life. "Little lamb, God blesses blesses thee" the lamb, as well as the child of God, can rejoice that God has blessed them in such a way. 5. SYNOPSYS This poem begins with a child asking a little lamb, lamb, "who "who made made thee?”. thee?”. "Who made thee?" is a question question that all of us have asked. asked. The question, question, of course, course, has
taken different different of answer. Blake would would answer that a creature could only exist because a creator has made them. In this poem, Blake leaves no other answer but that somebody somebody made everything. everything. It's a personal question, question, "who made thee?" Who is the the who? It must must be somebody somebody.. It can't be an impersonal being. It must be a person who created the lamb and a little boy. 6. DICTION a. Connotatio ation n –
“Little Lamb” it can e a creature of god or the other name of god (Jesus).
“He is called by thy name,” “For he calls himself a Lamb” –
“the vales rejoice” it can be means happiness
b. Deno enotation ion –
“Little Lamb” it can be a real of little pig “Little Lamb, who made thee?” “Dost thou know who made thee?” “Gave thee life & bid thee feed,”
Those thee lines can be refer to the real pig (lamb) –
“little child” a true child (the little Jesus)
7. FIGU FIGURA RATI TIVE VE LANG LANGUA UAGE GE It is hard to find the using of figurative language in this poetry. It’s all clear enough and not imaginative. The only one “Gave thee such a tender voice” is metaphor.
