Little Girl Lost

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to. "A " seems to be much deeper in thought than "The ." This depth in content begins with the title, which gives the poem an aura of uneasiness. A feeling that it is dangerous or sinful stems from word "Little" in the title, which implies that the girl addressed in the poem is quite young. Other signs such as the fact that the prologue is addressed to "children" and that the "maiden" is still clearly under parental guardianship create contradicting feelings about innocence. All this could be slightly misleading. Perhaps Blake, like Shakespeare, believed in very young brides. While the boy and the girl in the "Nurse�s Song" and the little lost boys, both in "Innocence" and "Experience," are clearly children, the illustration shows Lyca (The ) and her lover as fully mature. The "youth and maiden" in "A " are not actually shown in the illustration, but the poem itself suggests ...

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