1. THE LITTLE BOY LOST
WILLIAM BLAKE

2. WILLIAM BLAKE
• WILLIAM BLAKE WAS BORN IN
LONDON IN 1757. HE WAS A FAMOUS
POET, AND CREATED SOME ART
PIECES.
• HE SAYS HE WAS INFLUENCED BY
VISIONS, AND BY ANGELS AND GOD.
• HE HAD MANY WORKS, INCLUDING
SONGS OF EXPERIENCE, AND
SONGS OF INNOCENCE. THIS IS
WHERE MOST OF HIS POEMS ARE
FOUND.

3. WILLIAM BLAKE’S COLLECTIONS
• SONGS OF INNOCENCE
(1789)
• A LITTLE BOY LOST
• THE LITTLE BOY FOUND
• SONGS OF EXPERIENCE
(1794)

4. A LITTLE BOY LOST THE LITTLE BOY
FOUND

5. MEANING OF THE LITTLE BOY FOUND
• ONE SYMBOL IS THE LIGHT THAT IS
WONDERING, THAT ALWAYS IS
USUALLY USED AS A SYMBOL FOR
GOD.
• ANTOHER SYMBOL IS THE COLOR
WHITE, WHICH IS ALMOST ALWAYS
USED FOR PURITY AND INNOCENCE.
• THE LITTLE BOY LOST IN THE LONELY
FEN,
LED BY THE WAND’RING LIGHT,
BEGAN TO CRY, BUT GOD EVER NIGH,
APPEARD LIKE HIS FATHER IN WHITE.
HE KISSED THE CHILD & BY THE HAND
LED
AND TO HIS MOTHER BROUGHT,
WHO IN SORROW PALE, THRO’ THE
LONELY DALE
HER LITTLE BOY WEEPING SOUGHT.

6. MEANING OF A LITTLE BOY LOST
• ONE SYMBOL IS THE WAY HE
COMPARES HIS LOVE FOR HIS
FATHER AND BROTHER TO THE WAY
A LITTLE BIRD PICKS UP CRUMBS
AROUND THE DOOR.
• ALSO THE FIRE SYMBOLIZES DEATH
AND WRONG DOING IN THE CHURCH,
ESPECIALLY WHEN BEING BURNED.
THAT USUALLY MEANS YOU DO
SOMETHING PRETTY BAD.
• NOUGHT LOVES ANOTHER AS ITSELF,
NOR VENERATES ANOTHER SO,
NOR IS IT POSSIBLE TO THOUGHT
A GREATER THAN ITSELF TO KNOW.
'AND, FATHER, HOW CAN I LOVE YOU
OR ANY OF MY BROTHERS MORE?
I LOVE YOU LIKE THE LITTLE BIRD
THAT PICKS UP CRUMBS AROUND THE
DOOR.'
THE PRIEST SAT BY AND HEARD THE
CHILD;
IN TREMBLING ZEAL HE SEIZED HIS
HAIR,
HE LED HIM BY HIS LITTLE COAT,
AND ALL ADMIRED THE PRIESTLY
CARE.
AND STANDING ON THE ALTAR HIGH,
'LO, WHAT A FIEND IS HERE! SAID HE:
'ONE WHO SETS REASON UP FOR
JUDGE
OF OUR MOST HOLY MYSTERY.'
THE WEEPING CHILD COULD NOT BE
HEARD,
THE WEEPING PARENTS WEPT IN VAIN:
THEY STRIPPED HIM TO HIS LITTLE
SHIRT,

7. WORK CITED
• HTTP://POETRY.ABOUT.COM/LIBRARY/WEEKLY/BLBLAKEMOTHER.HTM
• HTTP://WWW.POETS.ORG/POET.PHP/PRMPID/116
• HTTP://WWW.POEMHUNTER.COM/POEM/A-LITTLE-BOY-LOST/