The Little Boy Found
The little boy lost in the lonely fen,
Led by the wandering light,
Began to cry, but God, ever nigh,
Appeared like his father, in white.
He kissed the child, and by the hand led,
And to his mother brought,
Who in sorrow pale, through the lonely dale,
The little boy weeping sought.
Led by the wandering light,
Began to cry, but God, ever nigh,
Appeared like his father, in white.
He kissed the child, and by the hand led,
And to his mother brought,
Who in sorrow pale, through the lonely dale,
The little boy weeping sought.
Form
The poem contains two stanza poem. The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABCB and ABCB.
Commentary
The poem’s rhyme scheme is easier to identify compared to “The Little Boy Lost”. “The Little Boy Lost” and “The Little Boy Found” both represents the human soul. A little boy is left behind in the first poem. In the second poem, the boy returns to the state of of safety. Blake does not believe in such creation exist, which is why he refers “God” to being a man. The male leads the boy to his destination while the mother sits still waiting for the boy. The boy returns to the state of being nurtured by his mother which symbolizes the role of a female of comforting.