"For He calls himself a Lamb!" In the biblical worldview there is only one person called the lamb, Christ Jesus. William Blake captures the essence of Jesus Christ as the symbolic Lamb of God in his poem “The Lamb”. A biblical worldview can be simply defined as the Christian view of life can be seen through symbolism, the theme and imagery of the poem. William Blake, a 19th century poet, considered himself a devout Christian. However, he did not agree with many aspects of the Christian religion as an “institutionalized system.” Blake believed that a person could truly understand Christ through knowledge, that every person should desire to be like Jesus, that all men are children of God, and that God's presence can be seen in all humanity. Blake articulated his biblical view of life and opinions about the church through many of his poems and essays. “The Lamb” shows Blake's view on life as a Christian. The poem is best known for "the lamb" which symbolizes innocence. In literature, a lamb represents innocence and the biblical lamb represents the purity and innocent sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The theme of innocence is dispersed between the innocence of a child and the innocence of Christ. “Little Lamb, who created you? / Do you know who created you?" The first two lines of the first stanza present the poem's theme of childhood innocence. The narrator of the poems asks a child one of life's most inevitable questions, "who created us", followed by answer to the question. “Little Lamb, God bless you! / Little Lamb, God bless you!” Through two stanzas the inevitable question is asked and then answered. Even the speaker of the poem refers to Jesus as a symbolic lamb: “He is called by your name, / For he is ca...... center of the sheet ......cp/pcp_97542_lit_lu/ebook/media/blake_lamb. swf.English 102. “Lesson 13 Lyric Poetry: First Principles” (Online presentation, Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia 2014. http://learn.liberty.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-1566352-dt-content-rid-8610904_1/courses/ENGL102_D15_201420/Master/Course%20Content/Module/Week%204%20--% 20Poetry/Reading% 20%26%20Study/Presentazione_%20Lezione%2013/Lezione13/index.html.Harris, Drew. “Analyzing the Poetry of William Blake.” Emmitsburg Newspaper Accessed April 21, 2014. http://www.emmitsburg .net/archive_list/articles/ce/misc/drew/blake.htm.Towns, Elmer and Ben Gutierrez, eds. “John: Believe and Live.” in The Essence of the New Testament: An Investigation, 128-41. Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 2012.Vultee, Denise. "William Blake." Foundation for Poetry. Accessed April 21, 2014. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/william-blake.