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The Little Boy Found

William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)

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.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA XBXB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 298
Words 55
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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