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Metrical Phonology is one of the main approaches devoted mainly to the study of phonological analysis of the structure and the acoustic limits of stress. This present study aims at proving and discovering the language of poetry is scientifically built and used. It is based on the hypothesis that language of poetry is analyzed hierarchically in the mind of the poet unconsciously and not merely an intelligent job. For this purpose, William Blake’s’, The Lamb' is analysed in terms of metrical phonology. Each line in the poem represents a simple tone unit. This tone unit may contain four kinds of syllables: a) a syllable which is accented, [+ accent] (and also[+stress] and[+strong]); b) one or more syllables which are[+stress] (and also[+strong) but[-accent]; c) one or more syllables which are [+strong] but [-stress] (and therefore [-accent]); c) one or more syllables which are weak, [-strong] (and therefore[-stress]and [-accent]). The inner and outer rhythmical structure of ‘The Lamb' reflect a fact that rhythm is everywhere in the poem. It is neither limit itself to weight, utterance, sound, image or symbol nor it is an independent component of the poem, but it is within all its components. The importance of rhythm consists in that there is a vertical line hierarchically built stemming from the beginning of the poem to its end coming through the horizontal lines including themes, pronunciation, sounds, images, symbols and weight in an indefinite central point that represent the root of the rhythmical interactivity to convey it from its meaningless accumulated images to its constructional formation. The underlying level of representations in 'the Lamb' and its phonetic representation exist in the mind of the poet in all stages of forming the poem.
 
Keywords: Metrical Phonology, poetry, sounds, images, symbols;