What does hell and heaven stand for in the poem childhood?
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‘Hell’ and ‘heaven’ in the poem stand for their literal meanings. Hell according to all religions is a place where devils or evil spirits live and where bad people’s souls go after their death.
Heaven is a beautiful place where angels, gods, and fairies live under the love and care of God. The souls of good people go to heaven after death.
In the poem the poet wanted to know where exactly heaven and hell are situated; but his parents, teachers, and elders could not explain to him the mystery of heaven and hell.
In the poem childhood by Markus Natten, the words hell and heaven depicts the transformation from being a innocent child in to an individual hypocritic adult.
The childhood is the heaven where the child has spirit of vengeance or urge for power, where the adult life is the hell with man running all around conquering the world.
Every human being in this world at some point fall into the life of hell from innocent heaven.