The Lamb The Lamb "The Lamb" is a poem by William Blake, published in "Songs of Innocence" in 1776. "The Lamb" is the counterpart poem to Blake's poem: "The Tyger" in "Songs of Experience". Blake wrote "Songs of Innocence" as a contrary to the "Songs of Experience" – a central tenet in his philosophy and a central theme in his work. Like many of Blake's works, the poem is about Christianity. The lamb is a common metaphor for Jesus Christ, who is also called "The Lamb of God" in John 1:29. This poem has a simple rhyme scheme: AA BB CC DD
Red John to be among Jane's final list of Red John suspects. In the season 3 finale, Jane tells the entire team all that he knows and recites the first verse of "Tyger Tyger". Kimball Cho knows the poem very well and recites the first two lines of the second verse: <poem> In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? </poem> When discussing what the poem means, Cho says, "Well, God made the lamb, but he also made the tiger. You can't have light without darkness. Life without death." This is also the mindset Red John's accomplices follow