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The Lamb : Key info

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The Lamb is a notable literary work by William Blake. A complete discussion of this literary work is given, which will help you enhance your literary skills and prepare for the exam. Read the Main texts, Key info, Summary, Themes, Characters, Literary devices, Quotations, Notes, to various questions of The Lamb.

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  • Title: The Lamb
  • Poet: William Blake (1757-1827)
  • Published: 1789, in the collection of “Songs of Innocence”. The poem was later included in Blake’s combined “Songs of Innocence and Experience” (1794).
  • Setting: Pastoral, Lamb’s natural habitat.
  • Form: The poem consists of two ten-line stanzas. This structure frames the poem as a question in the first stanza and an answer in the second.
  • Rhyme Scheme: The lines fall into rhyming couplets. Each stanza follows “AABBCCDDEE” rhyme scheme.