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The little boy lost by blake annotations
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ofytxaeginate article -
importance convey limitations
innocence that leads child
exposed
‘THE LITTLE BOY LOST’ INNOCENCE
.
Hp emphasises hpd literal +
vulnerability metaphorical
-
searching for meaning
or validation
proliferator god ?
1-Pepi Zeus is = direct address =
urgency 1-0 interrogative +
question =
Panic
‘Father, father, where are you going?
• plaintive wait
1-
↳ desperation =
negative
Oh do not walk so fast. imperative
his
too repeated imperative : desperation attempts to remind
voice isnt being heard [ agency, Fbi father of his superior role
/
Speak father, speak to your little boy,
t
neirarcry
to
responsibility
care him
for
.
Or else I shall be lost.’ ↳ literal [ they are in darkness
1- so need verbal comminicatea )
U" metaphorical cspirt.at
guidance
metaphor negative statement
for neglect per
or
ppr
.
Sin isetting justifies his fear .
hopelessness
irony as child is speaking
The night was dark, no father was there,
-
to
father no
longer
present
The child was wet with dew. → gothic setting
grief and suffering
-
mire swamp = danger and
1M vulnerability .
The mire was deep, and the child did weep,
hop metaphor for confusion or
danger of falling in to sin ↳ enhances innocence -
without guidance victim
And away the vapour flew.
.
MR Coola to
refer mill on the wisp -
Phosphorescent lights on
marshy ground -
the
poem ends in absolute darkness .
Child hopelessly lost
metaphorically
-
is
+
literally .
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