Question

They talked of love and preached of love,
But did not act so lovingly,
Was that the day! explain with reference to the context
"childhood"​

Answer 1

Question

They talked of love and preached of love,

But did not act so lovingly,

Was that the day! explain with reference to the context

"childhood"

Answer

These lines are taken from the poetry, Childhood by Marcus Naten.He lost his childhood after the age of twelve.

The poetry takes about the disappearance of a particular stage of a human life and that is childhood. He compare the characteristics of a child and an adult. He remarks that childhood is the period of ignorance, innocent, sincerity and purity of hearts.

The given lines shown by the poet remarks about the double face of the adult which means that their thoughts and deeds are very different unlike a cold who thinks and act according to his words.He remarks that adults talk about love abd advice others to love but they themselves practice hatred and lying.A child lost his innocence the moment he cross the threshold of adolescence. He remarks whether he lost his childhood when he realised about the hypocrisy of adults . This marks that the poet had cross the stage of childhood in his life.