William Blake Poetry Themes

The use of children is a prominent theme in William Blake's poems. He sees the world through the eyes of a child and embraces the innocence of the young. He illustrates this style in poems such as "the lamb", "the little black boy", and "the chimney sweeper".
<Tab/>The lamb really illustrates the innocence and purity of a young child. The boy questions the lamb as to where it came from and he expects the lamb to answer back, but it is obvious to the reader that the lamb cannot talk. As the boy receives no answer, he decides to tell the lamb where he came from "Little lamb, I'…