Describe a detailed summary of the poem "The Lamb."

"The Lamb" is one of the simplest poems of Blake, both as regards the subject and the style. But it has a significant position in the "Songs of Innocence".

In the first stanza, the child  is  speaking to the lamb and it gives a  brief description of the little animal as he sees it. The lamb has been blessed with a life to feed by the stream and over the meadow. The lamb has also been endowed with bright and soft wool which serves as its clothing. Its tender voice fills the valley with joy. Thus we see a true portrait of a lamb.

In the second stanza, the poet identifies  the lamb, Christ and the child. Lamb is one of the names of Christ. Christ is as meek and mild as a lamb. Christ was also a child when He first appeared on this earth as the son of God.

He became a little child,

I a child, and thou a lamb,

We are called by His name.

The child in this poem speaks to the lamb as if it was another child. The child was extremely joyous in the company of the lamb. Because it was meek and mild like him.