The Lamb

A time lost in it’s own morals, seeks refuge in the knowledge and innocence of the past. William Blake used direct dictation through his poem, “THE LAMB”, in disseminating his theorem, which we, humans, seek to find peace within our selves only after reestablishing our identity with something pure. In the poem William Blake uses the Lamb, as a vessel, to interpret the innocence, we would seek to use. The speaker is seeking answers to his questions, about how the lamb gained such natural innocence. Blake’s biblical reference is also clear; although one may possibly, with out major knowledge of biblical testaments, know that Adam and Eve both “sinned”; therefore damning all mankind to eternal suffering. This eternal suffering is what the speaker may be trying to express, envy for the lamb’s godlike quality and innocence that it still retains, unlike the speaker a human by default.

“Lamb Lamb, who made thee?” A rhetorical question to ponder upon, not to seek an answer. To ask the lamb its self “who made thee?” it may answer “My mama”. Although William Blake may have not intended such simplistic interpretation; William Blake may have sought scholarly biblical people to read and interpret that single line as a passage to his chamber of innocence, and metaphorical visions of happiness. Throughout the poem the speaker continues to haggle the lamb about its nature, as if to repress the lamb’s self worth. The lamb is seen as religious icon of purity, for many religions. The speaker concludes at the end of the poem that the lamb is not it self pure, innocent, or holy but only know of that nature because it has no known sins. The sin of Adam and Eve, that caused damnation, is a human one, and with such the speaker looks upon himself with dislike and seeks a new face of innocence by following the lamb’s example.

What is innocence?

in·no·cence (оn№e-sens) noun 1.The state, quality, or virtue of being innocent, as:. a. Freedom from sin, moral wrong, or guilt through lack of knowledge of evil. b. Guiltlessness of a specific legal crime or offense. c. Freedom from guile, cunning, or deceit; simplicity or artlessness. d. Lack of worldliness or sophistication; naivetй. e. Lack of knowledge or understanding; ignorance.