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Half Past Two Half Past Two is a poem about a boy who is told off for something and made to sit in a room for what he feels is a long time. He starts to go into a dream world, a timeless world. The poem is told in a childlike way, with simple words used throughout the poem. The poet uses the childlike language to make the reader feel as if they are a child again. The poet has used a fairytale opening "Once upon a" which sets the scene and makes the reader feel relaxed and calm. The poet wanted to emphasis that the boy had done "Something Very Wrong" so she used to capital letters to show that. She has also used brackets around the words "(I forget what it was)". Which makes the sentence before it "he did Something Very Wrong" sound as if it wasn't that important...

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