英国文学集 天真之歌(songs of innocence).doc

William Blake 天真之歌（songs of innocence） This article is about the William Blake poem. For other uses, see Lamb (disambiguation) Blakes illustration of The Lamb The Lamb is a poem by William Blake, published in Songs of Innocence in 1789. Like many of Blakes works, the poem is about Christianity. Background Like the other Songs of Innocence and Experience, The Lamb was intended to be sung; William Blakes original melody is now lost. It was made into a song by Vaughan Williams. It was also set to music by Sir John Tavener, who explained, The Lamb came to me fully grown and was written in an afternoon and dedicated to my nephew Simon for his 3rd birthday. American poet Allen Ginsberg set the poem to music, along with several other of Blakes poems.[1] The Lamb can be compared to a more grandiose Blake poem: The Tyger in Songs of Experience. Critical analysis suggests that both poems, The Lamb and The Tyger, question the Christian belief that God is good; if God is responsible for creating both the good things in life (the lamb) and the evil things (the tyger), how can God be good and moral?[original research?] The lamb in the poem may be compared to Jesus Christ, who is also known as The Lamb of God.[2] Poetic structure This poem has a simple rhyme scheme?: AA BB CC DD AA AA EF DD FE AA The layout is set up by two stanzas with the refrain: Little Lamb who made thee?/Dost thou know who made thee? In the first stanza, the speaker wonders who the lambs creator is; the answer lies at the end of the poem. Here we find a physical description of the lamb, seen as a pure and gentle creature. In the second stanza, the lamb is compared with the infant Jesus, as well as between the lamb and the speakers soul. In the last two lines the speaker identifies the creator: God. Holy Thursday (Songs of Innocence) Holy Thursday is a poem by William Blake, from his book of poems Songs of Innocence. (There is also a Holy Thursday poem in Songs of Experience, which contrasts this song.) The p