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⑭PHORICAL POEM


ironic as he is not lost just
to
reguses conform.
↑indefuriate article:could be
any child
/
A LITTLE BOY LOST metaphorical,
->
child is lostbecause of the misguided teachings oft he church-lacks
spirtual enlightment.
series of anaphoric negative openings
‘Nought loves another as itself,
to establish the


Ginical questioning voice
of a child
of experience

Nor venerates another so,
Nor is it possible to thought child
begins by negating Christian
logic. Christianity
-

dog ma with
we shouldlove
argues our
neighbour god
worship but
the child sees this as
nonsesical he

A greater than itself to know. recognises
as his
has
own selfishness grown in
+

a he
mona where
has this love.
experienced none of
Preist
↳ sacriligious
-




he claims Godicritises
*
he cannot
imagine the
way
-




children were biblical
taught verses
by whole unithout
'And, father, how can I love you understanding to
preventthem questioning
church
authority,
Or any of my brothers more? *
sacriligious questioning of church
teaching that compels him

to think another
way.
I love you like the little bird ↳simile
conveys the
way the child understands
god also
demonstrates
That picks up crumbs around the door.'
his innocentnatural state ne-




welcomes
god spontanously unquestioningly.

god as provider: unknowable force,benevolent.
a

#symbol of church authority.

The Priest sat by and heard the child;
↑ adjective real anger &verb:s inister
verb:
brutality
sin
judge
p and
emelty
In trembling zeal he seized his hair,
-
usuggests his dogmatic attitude, refusing to allow his
religion
tobe questioned.

He led him by his little coat,
A diminutive adjective childs vulnerability
and powerlessness
juxtaposition
-


in to prist.
And all admired the priestly care. -

sarcastic and cronic line, church has indocrinated the
Popelance to such an extentt h a t
they regard the

chastisementof the
boy as
positive t h e cruelty of the
Church is
thereby passed on
by the who are
people
equally culpable.

And standing on the altar high, &symbolic of the priests authority
-
church elevated =

position.
exclamatory declarative direct
speech:aggression:accussed child rebelling against
ofbeing demonic
for
'Lo, what a fiend is here!’ said he, religion refuses
on to accept
logical questioning.

'One who sets reason up for judge reflects
narrow minded
religious authorities -

no questioning their
dogma.
#
Of our most holy mystery.'

TROIpEOtOn-tragee eviocelessness -
child parents are
ignored for challenging religion.

The weeping child could not be heard;
The weeping parents wept in vain: to
reflect
the inhumane propitive church
owel physical exposure

They stripped him to his little shirt, ↑
And bound him in an iron chain,
↳echo of"manacles' 'London'
in


metaphorical church
-


compels populous into subsementobedience preventing free thought.
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