Analysis Of William Blake's Poetry

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find out the age of young Lyca, "seven summers old." At
the age of seven, a young girl must be very scared alone in the wood with
out her mother and father. William Blake also in this stanza tells how
Lyca became lost in this wilderness. Lyca, being a young and playful girl
had saw beautiful birds singing and had followed them into the jungle,
enchanted by their song.
Lyca cannot go on. She is weary from walking and needs to lay down
for a moments rest. Lyca lies under a tree, and begins to think about her
parents whom she misses so much. She wonders if they are looking for her,
and if they are worried about her. These thoughts make Lyca very sad for
she loves her caretakers dearly. Lyca knows she needs rest if she wants to
go on in her journey to find home. As she lies under the tree she has
difficulty sleeping. She knows her mother and father are afraid for her in
this wild jungle. She cannot rest knowing that her caretakers are upset.
In the next stanza we picture ...

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and a
softness emerges in his heart. This kindness surprises the reader. It is
something we could not expect as a human being used to a violent world.
The reader is shocked by this softness in the heart of a ferocious lion.
In the last stanza of the poem the mother lion undresses the
sleeping girl, and carries her away to her cave. The lion takes on the
role of the caretaker in this stanza by helping care and nurture for Lyca.
The reader is surprised by the turn of events in this poem, for it seemed
that Lyca was in trouble, and now Lyca has found a loving caretaker in what
originally scared her.
This poem relates to Blake's central theme of children and
caretakers by showing that ...

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