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A time lost in its own morals, seeks refuge in the knowledge and purity of the past. William Blake used direct dictation through his poesy, THE LAMB, in disseminating his theorem, which we, humans, seek to find peace within our selves only after reestablishing our identity with something pure. In the poem William Blake uses the Lamb, as a vessel, to interpret the innocence, we would seek to use. The vocalizer is seeking answers to his questions, about how the birth gained such natural innocence. Blakes biblical reference is also pass although one may possibly, with out major knowledge of biblical testaments, know that Adam and Eve both sinned therefore damning all mankind to imperishable suffering. This eternal suffering is what the speaker may be trying to express, envy for the lambs godlike quality and innocence that it still retains, unlike the speaker a human by default.Lamb Lamb, who do thee? A rhetorical question to ponder upon, not to seek an answer. To ask the lamb i ts self who made thee? it may answer My mama. Although William Blake may have not intended such simplistic interpretation William Blake may have sought scholarly biblical people to read and interpret that single line as a passage to his chamber of innocence, and metaphorical visions of happiness. Throughout the poem the speaker continues to haggle the lamb about its nature, as if to repress the lambs self worth. The lamb is seen as...