William Blake- 1757-1827
-Cast priests and kings as responsible for exploiting the poor, repressing sexuality and stinfling art, and he admired the devil himself for disobedience (330)
-Both parents were from lower-middle class, Radical in their politics and unorthodox in religion
-Writer, artist and illustrator
The Lamb-
The speaker is a child, questioning a lamb about how it came to be.
The child is questioning the lamb and asking how it came to be the one to be eaten? "Gave thee life and bid thee feed" (335)
"gave thee clothing of delight; Softest clothing wooly bright" Lamb gave wool for clothing
"Little Lamb Who Made Thee? -Little lamb who made you?
"Dost thou know who made thee?"- Do you know who made you?
Religious reference?
Blake, William. “William Blake.” The Norton Anthology World Literature, edited by Martin Puchner, Third ed., E, W.W. Norton & Company, pp. 330–341.
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