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    The poem explores the poet's loss of childhood innocence and transition to adulthood. The poet questions when his childhood ended - was it at age 11 when he realized heaven and hell couldn't be found on a map? Or when he saw that adults were hypocritical, preaching love but not acting lovingly? Finally, the poet's sense of individuality emerged, taking control of his own mind and thoughts. The poet's childhood disappeared to some forgotten place, only visible in an infant's face.

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    The poem explores the poet's loss of childhood innocence and transition to adulthood. The poet questions when his childhood ended - was it at age 11 when he realized heaven and hell couldn't be found on a map? Or when he saw that adults were hypocritical, preaching love but not acting lovingly? Finally, the poet's sense of individuality emerged, taking control of his own mind and thoughts. The poet's childhood disappeared to some forgotten place, only visible in an infant's face.

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    Childhood

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    Teerth Busa
    The poem explores the poet's loss of childhood innocence and transition to adulthood. The poet questions when his childhood ended - was it at age 11 when he realized heaven and hell couldn't be found on a map? Or when he saw that adults were hypocritical, preaching love but not acting lovingly? Finally, the poet's sense of individuality emerged, taking control of his own mind and thoughts. The poet's childhood disappeared to some forgotten place, only visible in an infant's face.

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    CHILDHOOD

    MARKUS NATTEN
    What is Childhood ?
    What is Adulthood ?
    You are at what stage?
    In this poem the poet is in a
    dilemma as to where his
    childhood has disappeared.
    He is not sure ,at what stage

    he should make the demarcation.


    Comparison
    • Childhood • Adulthood
    – Innocence – Hypocrisy

    – Can be seen on an – Individuality


    infant’s face
    – Rationalism
    – Loving
    – Independent
    – Dependant on adults
    Childhood
    • When did my childhood go ?
    • Was it the day I ceased to be eleven.
    • Was it the time I realised that Hell and Heaven,
    • Could not be found in Geography,
    • And therefore could not be,
    • Was that the day!

    • When did my childhood go ?


    • Was it the time I realised that adults were not
    • All they seemed to be,
    • They talked of love and preached of love,
    • But did not act so lovingly,
    • Was that the day!

    • When did my childhood go?


    • Was it when I found my mind was really mine,
    • To use which ever way I choose,
    • Producing thoughts that were not those of other people
    • But my own and mine alone
    • Was that the day!

    • Where did my childhood go


    • It went to some forgotten place,
    • That is hidden in an infant’s face,
    • That’s all I know.
    The Poet is in a dilemma
    -when did he lose his childhood
    -was it at eleven

    -when he became aware that heaven

    and hell cannot be found in geography

    -and so concluded ,they do not exist.


    When did his childhood go?
    -when he realized that adults
    were hypocrites
    -they advised others to be loving, but
    themselves were hardly affectionate.
    When did the poet lose his
    childhood?
    • Was it-
    When he realized that he was the
    master of his mind

    • Took his own decisions

    • Sense of individuality dawned on him


    Where did the poet’s
    childhood disappear?

    • To some forgotten place

    • Hidden in an infant’s face


    THEME
    • Outlines the difference between
    childhood and adulthood

    • Childhood is a stage that follows


    infancy

    • Adulthood is a stage that follows


    childhood.
    SIMILAR POEMS
    • A childhood forgotten, A childhood lost
    A childhood forgotten, a childhood lost By: Dani B.
    I can't remember,
    Skipping rocks on the pond,
    My childhoods forgotten,
    My Childhoods lost,
    Going to the lake,
    Sitting on the beach,
    Playing with friends,
    or dancing in the streets,
    I can't remember,
    The crash in the fog,
    My childhood was forgotten,
    My childhood was lost,
    Self assessment
    • Identify the stanzas that talk of
    -individuality
    -rationalism
    -hypocrisy

    • What did the child observe in the


    behaviour of adults?

    • Where can the poet find his childhood?


    Assignment
    • Answer, Questions with reference to context

    • Stanza I
    – What is the constant worry of the poet?
    – Why does the poet take 11 years as the
    – age of demarcation?
    – Why can’t Heaven and Hell be found in
    Geography?
    – Was that the day!-Explain.

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