Question

What is the poet trying to discover in the poem "Childhood"? What significant occasions has he mentioned?
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Answer 1

Explanation:

He's trying to figure out when he had crossed the phase of childhood and wonders if he had lost when he turned 12,or when he realised that not everything in the world is as it appears, when he observed that adults maintained double standards and were hypocrites,or when he had become possessive of things and started ...

Answer 2

Answer:

In the poem 'Childhood', the poet is trying to realise the age when he lost his childhood, when he became mature enough to understand the worldly things. So he keeps saying, “When did my childhood go?” He finally realises that his childhood is gone to “some forgotten place”, “that is hidden in an infant's face.