Question

When did my childhood go

Was it the day I ceased to be eleven,

Was it the time I realised that Hell and Heaven ,

Could not be found in Geography,

And therefore could not be.

Was that the day! 4marks



1.1 Name the poem and the poet.

1.2 In what context is heaven mentioned in the above lines.

1.3 What time is being talked about?

1.4 Why does hell and heaven do not exist according to the poet?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.1Name the poem and the poet.

Poem – Childhood

Markus Natten is a poet from Norway. Details of his life are very sketchy so it is unclear when and where he was born.

2)It refers that when the author had completed 11 years

3) The poet is describing what he felt like when he turned 11. It is an age where children realise many true facts of reality. He questions if that was the time he lost his childhood.

4) Hell and Heaven could not be found in any maps and are not mentioned in any other books of Geography. Therefore he thinks rationally and believes these places do not exist.