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Poetry Analysis: "Children" The poem "Children" written by Nancy Keesing describes and contrasts two different lives of children from two different places in the world. By symbolising innocence with children, we are positioned to feel sympathetic for those innocent victims who are being tortured severely at war. Keesing has used numerous poetic techniques to help capture the difference between the two lives. The poem, which is broken up into two parts, consists of four stanzas, to contrast the difference between two types of children. The poem is written in free verse and in first person point-of-view. The first stanza pictures a peaceful and calm lifestyle, of the first group of children, such as Australia, as suggested in the first line "surfing". However, the last stanza, pictures the harsh, cruel and tormenting atmosphere where the innocent is being tortured and blown up into bits and pieces. The section between these stanzas consists...

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