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"The Lamb" is a poem by William Blake, published in ''Songs of Innocence'' in 1789. "The Lamb" is the counterpart poem to Blake's poem: "The Tyger" in ''Songs of Experience''. Blake wrote ''Songs of Innocence'' as a contrary to the ''Songs of Experience'' – a central tenet in his philosophy and a central theme in his work.〔Kazin, Alfred. "Introduction". ''The Portable Blake''. The Viking Portable Library. 41-43〕 Like many of Blake's works, the poem is about Christianity. The lamb is a common metaphor for Jesus Christ, who is also called "The Lamb of God" in John 1:29. This poem has a simple rhyme scheme : AA BB CC DD AA AA EF GG 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 asks the lamb who his 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 speaker's soul. In the last two lines the speaker identifies the creator: God. Like the other ''Songs of Innocence'' and ''Songs of Experience'', ''The Lamb'' was intended to be sung; William Blake's original melody is now lost. It was made into a song by Vaughan Williams, in his 1958 song cycle ''Ten Blake Songs'', although he described it as "that horrible little lamb - a poem that I hate". 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 Blake's poems, in the 1970s.〔("Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake, tuned by Allen Ginsberg" )〕 ==Gallery== Songs of Innocence copy B 1789 Library of Congress object 29 The Lamb.jpg|Songs of Innocence copy B 1789 Library of Congress object 29 "The Lamb" Songs of Innocence copy G object 8 The Lamb.jpg|Songs of Innocence, copy G, 1789 (Yale Center for British Art) object 8 "The Lamb" Songs of Innocence copy U 1789 The Houghton Library object 11 The Lamb.jpg|Songs of Innocence copy U 1789 The Houghton Library object 11 "The Lamb" Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy A, 1795 (British Museum), object 8 The Lamb.jpg|Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy A, 1795 (British Museum), object 8 "The Lamb" Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy C, 1789, 1794 (Library of Congress), object 8 The Lamb.jpg|Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy C, 1789, 1794 (Library of Congress), object 8 "The Lamb" Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy Y, 1825 (Metropolitan Museum of Art), object 8 (The Lamb).jpg|Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy Y, 1825 (Metropolitan Museum of Art), object 8 "The Lamb" The Lamb 1826.jpg|Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy Z, 1826 (Library of Congress) object 8 "The Lamb" Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy AA, 1826 (The Fitzwilliam Museum), object 8 The Lamb.jpg|Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy AA, 1826 (The Fitzwilliam Museum), object 8 "The Lamb" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Lamb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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