When did my childhood go?
Was it when I found my mind was really mine,
To use whichever way I choose,
Producing thoughts that were not those of other people
But my own, and mine alone
Was that the day!
1. Name the poet of the poem.
2. When does the poet realise that his mind is really his?
3. How does the poet become independent now?
4. What does child experience in the process of growing up?
Answers
When did my childhood go?
Was it when I found my mind was really mine,
To use whichever way I choose,
Producing thoughts that were not those of other people
But my own, and mine alone
Was that the day!
1. Name the poet of the poem.
2. When does the poet realise that his mind is really his?
3. How does the poet become independent now?
4. What does child experience in the process of growing up?
Explanation:
1. Markus Natten
2.His childhood has gone to some forgotten place.As the childhood goes, the child can differentiate between fact and fiction.
3.Man becomes impure, cunning, shrewd and hypocrite. Grown-ups become blatant liars. They talk of love but practice hatred. They preach brotherhood of mankind but perpetuate hatred and killing. Simplicity and honesty evaporate into thin air, the moment man crosses the threshold of innocent childhood.
4.As a person grows up, he becomes a rationalist, an egoist and a hypocrite. He accepts nothing that is not logical. He loses faith in God. He does not believe in Hell or Heaven. He becomes very conscious of his self. He wants to follow his own desires and ideas. He becomes an egoist. He talks of love and preaches of love, but is not so loving in his actions. In short, he loses all his innocence of his childhood.