How Do The Writers Present Aspects Of Childhood In The Three Poems You Have Studied?
Within all of the three poems we have studied, UA Fanthorpe’s half past two, DH lawrence’s Piano and Stephen Spenders, there are aspects of childhood being described and conveyed. However each poem conveys them in a different manner, but there are some similarities as well.
Firstly I will talk about what each poem is about and what attitude and themes they possess compared to the other two.
In the poem half past two by UA fanthorpe a boy is given detention for an unspecified misdemeanour, and is later on forgotten by his teacher. The boy however has no concept of proper time, and therefore drifts off into a sort of daydream. This is hinted in stanza 7, which says
“Into the smell of old chrysanthemums on her desk,
Into the silent noise his hangnail made
Into the air outside the window into ever”
The attitude expressed by this poem is a light one and the theme of childlike ignorance, innocence and punishment is quite prominent. This is effectively shown as UA......
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