Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The speaker states that he is a child. This can either be interpreted that he is a literal child, or that he is a child of God.
Form and Meter
The Lamb consists of two stanzas, with each stanza using five rhyming couplets. The poem also uses refrains.
Metaphors and Similes
The Lamb can be seen as a metaphor for Jesus, to emphasize his qualities of meekness and innocence: "For he calls himself a Lamb."
Alliteration and Assonance
Blake uses alliteration in the following line: “He is meek & he is mild”.
Irony
The speaker reveals himself as a child but is ironically wise and eloquent.
Genre
The genre is didactic poetry.
Setting
The setting in the first stanza is rural.
Tone
The tone of the poem is at first descriptive and light, but later becomes darker and more philosophical.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist of the poem is the speaker or the lamb. There is no antagonist.
Major Conflict
The major conflict of the poem is the question of who created the lamb.
Climax
The climax of the poem is when the speaker reveals that God has made the lamb.
Foreshadowing
By asking the Lamb "who made thee," Blake foreshadows the reveal later in the poem.
Understatement
The speaker understates the vastness of God's creation by focusing solely on the lamb.
Allusions
Blake alludes to the traditional biblical depiction of Jesus as a Lamb.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
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Personification
The lamb is personified as having clothing.
Hyperbole
The speaker says that the voice of the lamb makes all the vales rejoice.
Onomatopoeia
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