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