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What might be the poet's purpose in this poem?

The Little Boy Lost
by William Blake

Father, father, where are you going?
O do not walk so fast!
Speak, father, speak to your little boy,
Or else I shall be lost.

The night was dark, no father was there,
The child was wet with dew;
The mire was deep, and the child did weep,
And away the vapor flew

A.
to warn
B.
to explain
C.
to interpret
D.
to frighten

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i would say answer D.
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