WorksheetsThe Lamb - William Blake
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
What question does the first stanza ask that the second stanza answers?
Who made the lamb
Who the lamb is
How important the lamb is
Why does this poem have this specific rhyme scheme?
It symbolizes a call-and-response (eg. question, answer, question, answer)
It makes the poem more memorable and more song-like
It constantly reminds us of the question that is asked
Why is there a repetition of rhetorical questions?
To make us continue to wonder who made the lamb
To show that the lamb is important
The speaker wants to prove that he knows all the answers
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
AABB
ABAB
ABBA
ABABC
What is the full word for ‘mead’?
Meadowlands
Meadows
Meadowridge
Meads
What is the full version for the word “vales”?
Valency
Valentine
Valleys
Who does the speaker refer to when he says “we”?
Him and the lamb
Him and his family
Him and everyone on the earth
The Lamb and God
Does the speaker actually answer his question of “little lamb, who made thee?”
Yes
No
Who does the lamb symbolize?
Jesus
A little boy
Christianity
What does the lamb represent?
danger and energy
guilt and fear
innocence and purity
