Compare And Contrast The Stolen Child And Cats In The Cradle

The Stolen Child and Cats in the Cradle have smiliar themes. They both portrait a loss. in the poem "Stolen Child" the fairy is taking the child's innocence and in "Cat's in the Cradle" the son ends up being like his father in a negative way. They're similar because both the poem and the song give a experience of loss. In both something awful happens but still "Cats in the Cradle" gives off a more realistic experience.

"Cats in the Cradle" and "The stolen child" are also different. In the Cats in the Cradle it talks about the son wanting to be like his dad. At the end he is but in a bad way as in never having time for his dad just like the dad never had time for him."The stolen child" is about a fairy wanting to take the child away to somewhere