CHILDHOOD

 

                                                            CHILDHOOD:

SUMMERY OF THE POEM: CHILDHOOD

Poet Markus Natten seems to get puzzled about the loss of childhood. It is natural in the process of growing up. Still the poet tries to find an answer to his queries where did my childhood go? So he wonders that was it the day on which he was no longer eleven years of age. Another option could be the time when the author came to the realization that Hell and Heaven didn't exist and one could not find them in geography. So, this was the time when the author could make a distinction between reality and fantasy. The poet comes to the realization that they are imaginary places that have no existence in this world. 

Next the poet wonders  was it the time when he began to view the world with a different perception. Naturally when humans grow older their perception of the world changes. However, the poet seems to be deeply affected by it. Furthermore, the poet came to the realization that adults are hypocrites. This is because the adults are not what they appear or seem to be. According to the author, adults preach about love but their behavior is not so loving. So the author believes that a double face nature is displayed by the adults. So, was this the time when his childhood go?

Moving on to the next stanza the poet deliberates on the same question regarding the loss of his childhood. Furthermore, the author asks himself about various possibilities. Moreover, the poet thinks about the day when he came to the realization that his mind was his own. Also, the poet realizes that his thoughts were his own thoughts and nobody can affect them. This was the time when the poet became aware of his own individuality and personality. So, was that the day where his childhood became lost?

In the last stanza the poet becomes remorseful about his lost childhood. It seems the poet has a desire to live his childhood once more. He concludes that his childhood had vanished into a forgotten place from which it can never return. The poet cherishes his now lost innocence the type of innocence that one can only see on a baby's face. According to the poet, the innocence of childhood remains only until one is an infant. 

Thus, the childhood summary discusses how the innocence of childhood gets lost as when grows older and becomes of the realities of life.

How did the poet realize his being grown up?

Ans- The poet realized his being grown up when he was able to differentiate between truth and fiction. He had developed his rationality.

What does the Hell and Heaven stand for?

Ans- Hell and Heaven are abstract concept such products of the imaginative mind fascinates inly small children who looks rationality. 

How does the poet repent on his loss of childhood?

Ans- The poet greatly repents on the loss of his childhood. Once lost it cannot be regained. The innocent period of childhood keeps us away from hypocrisy, jealousy , hatred and the sordid world of materialism. 

1.       Who is the poet of the poem Childhood?

Ans- Markus Natten is the poem of the poem childhood.

2.       How old was the poet when he stepped out of his childhood?

Ans- The poet was twelve years old when he stepped out of his childhood.

3.        What could the poet not find in Geography?

Ans- The poet could not find Hell and Heaven in Geography.

4.        Where did the poets childhood go?

Ans- The poet’s childhood went to some forgotten place.

5.        How does the poet repent on his loss of childhood?

Ans- The poet greatly repents on the loss of his childhood. Once lost it cannot be regained. The innocent period of childhood keeps us away from hypocrisies, jealously, hatred and the sordid world of materialism.  

6.       What does the poet childhood deal with?

Ans- Poem deals with the process of growing up and the loss of one’s childhood.

7.       What does loss of childhood involves?

Ans- The loss

 childhood involves:

i.                     Development of rationality

ii.                   Unveiling the hypocrisy in the adult world

iii.                 Development of individuality

 

8.       When did my Childhood go?

…… Hell and Heaven

…….was that the day!

a.       How did the poet realise his being grown up?

Ans- The poet realised his being grown up when he was able to differentiate between truth and fiction. He had developed his rationality.

b.      What does the hell and heaven stand for?

Ans- Hell and Heaven are abstract concept such product of the imaginative mind fascinates only small children who look rationality.

c.       Where do the lines occur?

Ans- The lines occur in the poem titled childhood by Markus Ntten.

 

9.    9.    Where did my childhood go?

Was it the time……

….. preached of love

…………….. day!

 

a.       What does the stanza expose?

Ans- The stanza exposes the hypocrisy of the adults.

b.      According to the poets when did this childhood go?

Ans- According to the poet he lost his childhood when he was able to unmask the reality of the adult world. The fact that adults lead a hypocritical existence could be understood by him.

c.       What contrast did he find in adults talked of moral values but did not practice it in their day. OR what contðract did the poet find in adults behavior?

Ans- The poet found that adults talked of moral values but did not practice it in their day to day life.