... to say, life before the fall. This lies mostly in the voice of the poem, which closely resembles that of a child. Blake's diction reveals this with words such as "little."" "life,"" "softest,"" "tender,"" "lamb,"" and obviously, "child."" The speaker is talking rather simplistically to a lamb that most likely does ... a sense of humor. It's almost as if he's saying, "I can't believe people will buy into this."" Using rhyming couplets give this illusion of daintiness, perfection and bliss. Underneath the neat rhyming couplets, Blake does present the potential dangers of Paradise and the...

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... "The Lamb". He questions the issue of creation and in the poem offers a strong comment on industry and its effect on society. The poem is written in four, four line rhyming stanzas. The treatment of language in Songs of experience is grimmer and more economical. The ordered rational stanzas, with their lack of freedom and imagination. comment on the lack of ... almost that of a blazing inferno, reminiscent of the imagery of the inferno of hell. However the imagery of fire, although not as obvious can be extended. The uses of the words "what the hand dare seize the fire" seems to have ec...

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• Grade Level: High School