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from Songs of Experience
Sleep, sleep, beauty bright,
Dreaming in the joys of night;
Sleep, sleep; in thy sleep
Little sorrows sit and weep.
Sweet babe, in thy face
Soft desires I can trace,
Secret joys and secret smiles,
Little pretty infant wiles.
As thy softest limbs I feel,
Smiles as of the morning steal
O’er thy cheek, and o’er thy breast
Where thy little heart doth rest.
O the cunning wiles that creep
In thy little heart asleep!
When thy little heart doth wake,
Then the dreadful light shall break.
What is implied in this second poem in the poet's use of phrases like "secret joys," "secret smiles," and "cu**ing wiles"?
A) The child lacks imagination.
B) The child is silly.
C) The child has grown up.
D) The child has lost its innocence.
Answer:
C) The child has grown up.
Explanation:
When reading the poem we can see that the mother is looking at the child's face, admiring it for its innocence and purity. While she admires him, she compares the baby's delicacy, kindness with the cruelty that exists in the world. To intensify this, the author uses the words "secret joys," "secret smiles," and "cu ** ing wiles", as it reinforces the thought that the baby will grow up, become involved with the world and change.
