The Little Boy found (innocence) Flashcards
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About
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- Narrative of a lost child guided by a divine fatherly figure.
- child cries, evokes god,
- divine intervention, kiss,
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symbolism, vivid imagery
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- themes of guidance, emotional resolution,
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Summary
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- child lead back to mum,
- mum- sorrowful and pale, dearching for her child in the lonely dale. moment of signficance, divine gives comfort
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Structure
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- ABCB, balance in each stanza
- consitsent, rhythmic quality, lyrical, harmony
- brevity, consice, overall impact. symmetry
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themes
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- divine guidance
- parental love
- reunion and comfort
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Poetic techniques, figurative language.
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- imagery - God, powerful.
- symbolism- colours, actions. kissing, care, white, purity.
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‘who is sorrow pale, through the lonely dale’
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- metaphor, grief as pale.
- emotional ditress linking physical landscape
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‘i’ ‘little boy lost’
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- melodic quality to the poem.
- repeated I, sense of loss, echoes childs solitude/.
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‘by the hand’
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- intimate,
