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Comparing Come Away O Human Child And Stolen Child
In both pieces it explores the concept of loosing someone in somebody's life. Specifically Yeats states " Come away o human child: to the waters and the wild." In other words the "faery's" are seducing the child to follow them. Alike Chapin he conveys " But we'll get together then, you know we'll have a good time then. This interprets that the dad does not have time for his son and time seems to pass. Yeats and Chapin both share the story of someone loosing somebody.

Even though they both share a similarity, the poem and song each have their own way of interpretation of showing their loss. The poem "Stolen Child" has a more unique setting disguised with fairies and creative creatures to capture you in the situation. Unlike in "Cats in the
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