The Lamb

The Lamb
by William Blake
LIttle Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Gave thee life, and bid thee feed
By the stream and o'er tahe mead;
Gave the clothing of delight,
Softest clothing, wolly, bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice
Making all the vales rejoice?
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?

Little Lamb, I'll tell thee,
Little Lamb, I'll tell thee:
He is called by thy name,
For he calls himself a Lamb.
He is meek, and he is mild;
He became a little child.
I a child, and thou a lamb.
We are called by his name.
Little Lamb, God bless thee!
Little Lamb, God bless thee!


This poem made me think about God and Jesus. It seems that there is a relationship that teh poem tries to tell the readers between God or Jesus and poeple.
Another fact that made me wonder is that I noticed that poeple use the nickname for Jesus for lamb. But why? This poem made me figure out the answer. Lambs gives us their coat and fill us with warmth every day. They make the shepherds feel responsible about something important and teach us how responsibilities are important in our lives. Sometimes they give joy and lessen the loneliness of the shepherds.They gives us milk and themselves as a meat for us; and when it comes to giving away meat and their fur coats for us, their sacrifices are a huge matter. However, they do not complain, like Jesus did. Jesus, like the lambs, sacrificed for us and never complained. Rather, he was willing to save us, and this has a lot of common with the lambs. I think that is why Jesus is mentioned as a lamb.

The old speaking way that is used in this poem makes the image of the lamb and god more clear and effective. The old style of speaking seems to havc more speciality in it by showing God created Lamb in the older days, which pushes us to think more deeply and gravely about the intention of God's creating of us and sending his one and only son for us.

The Last Word of a Bluebird

The Last Word of a Bluebird
As told to a child

by Robert Frost

As I went out a Crow
In a low voice said, "Oh,
I was looking for you
To Tell Lesley (will you?)
That her litlle Bluebird
Wanted me to bring word
That the north wind last night
That made the stars bright
And made ice on the trough
Almost made him cough
His tail feathers off.
He just had to fly!
But he sent her Good-By,
And said to be good,
And wear her red hood,
And look for skunk tracks
In the snow with and ax--
And do everything!
And perhaps in the spring
He would come back and sing."




I think this is a very cute poem.
The words are not too fancy or hard and complicated like most of the poems are, and I think that these word choices determines the whole atmosphere of the poem, which I believe is not common. Although there might be some poems that the words inside it support the poem, I have never seen a poem that the words DETERMINE the atmosphere SO SPECIFICALLY like this.
The reason I believe that the poem's atmosphere and mood is well described in it is that the short words that the children might usually use shows that this poem is speaking to a child and trying to match the child's visions and word skills. what if most of the words are deliberately designed and constructed in that space to tell people how high and noble that poem sounds like? I dont think poems are better when they are delicately considered through to created it. Poems are natural and easy so that any people of any age and ability can deeply understand it; and this is what this poem is like. It is obvious that Robert Frosting did not excessively considered through for a huge amount of time to make it artificially, excessively beautiful. That is why I love this poem. It is just simple, yet come to mind easily. There was no need for deliberate attempt to make the poem big. With just plain words, this poem remains in one's mind.