God’s Creation and Majesty: The lamb reflects the majesty of God's creation. In the small and vulnerable figure of the lamb, the speaker sees evidence of God's majesty. In the poem, a child addresses a lamb, wondering how it came to exist, before affirming that all existence comes from God.

Innocence: The poem celebrates the innocence and purity of the lamb, which serves as a symbol of goodness and the inherent innocence of creation.