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This poem states the innocence of man. Blake's other poem the tyger is the exact opposite. in describing the lamb it shows us how pure, kind the world is. in this case this poem is an ode

The Lamb i seen can only really be read in one way, but interpreted several different ways. The peom is about creaton and god etc, but the speaker could be a child, a shepperd, blake himself it depends on the individuals point of view.

Most of the comments above treat the poem's content--the metaphors, the identity of the speaker--without giving any attention to form and sound. The question-and-answer form of the poem recalls the Sunday School catechism; rhetorical questions paired with rhyming answers function as mnemonic devices (tools for memorizing things, i.e. the ABC song). But Blake's extreme use of repetition may be a subtle way of undercutting the very notion of this form of spiritual teaching. As words like "thee" and "lamb" are repeated over and over again, they begin to lose all meaning, no longer significant thoughts but mere sounds to be memorized.