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In both 'The Boy Without a Name' by Allan Ahlberg and 'Back in the Playground Blues' by Adrian Mitchell, a negative outlook on school is shown.
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Poetry Coursework From the poems that I have studied I feel that the feelings conveyed by the poets show a mixed view of school days. In both 'The Boy Without a Name' by Allan Ahlberg and 'Back in the Playground Blues' by Adrian Mitchell, a negative outlook on school is shown but in the poem 'In Mrs Tilcher's Class' by Carol Ann Duffy, a much more positive vibe is being sent out about school. In the poem 'A Boy Without a Name', the speaker is the bully. The bully is looking back at his school experiences and he remembers a boy who everyone ignored because he had a skin condition. As he reflects on this he realises that he cannot remember the boy's name. The title clearly confirms this statement. The fact that the speaker can remember the names of other children and not the name of his victim shows the inhumanity...
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