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How do the writers present aspects of childhood in the poems half past two, Piano and my parents kept me from children who were rough
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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...
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