Half Past Two ’Half Past Two’ is a poem in which Fanthorpe describes how a young child is given a detention for an unspecified misdemeanor and is forgotten by his teacher. Fanthorpe draws on her experience as a teacher to describe the scene as seen through the child’s eyes. The Title of the poem tells me a lot of information even before I read the poem. The information it puts across is that: A boy is told to stay behind until ’Half Past Two’ but this has no-meaning to him because he has no concept
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Contrasting images of childhood in “Half-past Two” and “Hide and Seek” These poems are about two different children‚ each having their own experience of something new that is not always welcome. These Two poems are both looking back on a childhood experience that the poets have experience‚ and been marked after their discovery of this experience‚ thinking they understood the world but finding out they didn’t. However there is a major difference in this poem as “Half-past Two” is a strange and surreal
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Memories from the Past The warm smell of freshly baked cookies filled the air‚ as the jolly music played in the background. People are wearing colourfully knitted scarfs and sweaters. The golden sun was always shining in the clear blue sky. Those were the days I will never forget. That special moment when nana pulled out the golden‚ crispy turkey is when you know it’s Christmas time. The lit-up streets were full of dancing‚ bright Santa’s. Every house had flickering‚ blinding lights that made
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have different memorable childhood experiences in our lives. Some can be pleasant and entertaining while others can be unpleasant and boring. My Childhood Memory‚ I remember it like yesterday. I spent most of my early childhood in Nepal. Those days‚ Nature was my playground and nature was my toy. I have many special childhood memories but some are very special to me. It happened to me when I was in the 7th grade. I used to write poems when I was 11 years old. My grandfather was a famous
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My Childhood Memory "I went through my childhood with more sad memories than happy ones. I sometimes wish that I could feel the other way around. Unfortunately‚ the dramatic and sad experiences stand out more in my memory bank. Among my childhood memories I remember the experience of my father helping me on my math problems when I was nine years old the most. That experience has effected my relationship with my parents negatively and taught me to be a better parent. When I was nine years old
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Hide and Seek & Half-past Two Compare how the theme of childhood is presented in the poems Half Past Two and Hide and Seek. The theme childhood is presented in both the poems but it’s presented differently‚ it’s presented more like a fantasy story in Half Past Two while in Hide and Seek it’s presented more realistically. Vernon Scanell tells in details about one game of Hide and Seek when he was a kid so perhaps he addresses himself as the little kid while U.A.Fanthorpe was a teacher so she perhaps
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Compare and Contrast Parenting Styles: Parents today only want what is best for their children. Even if it is not made clear to the child‚ a parent’s intention is always centered on the wellbeing of their child. As they grow older‚ parents begin to develop their own style of parenting. For instance‚ between both of my parents‚ my mom is the more dominating and strict one‚ while my dad is the calm and softhearted type. While every parent’s intentions are the same‚ the parenting style they develop
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MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES Oh no! I shouted at the top of my voice‚ please don’t break down my grandparents’ house I had just returned from New York to Trinidad with my parents. I left Trinidad when I was six years old. I grew up in couva with my grandparents‚ where I had many friends living in there in the same villag.e I walked through the street where my friends and I once played jump rope. The sight of the many old-fashioned houses caught my attention. I stop as I started at one house
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MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES Childhood remembrances are always an undertaking If you’re a navy brat You always remember moving around With you three older sisters and a mother that is so proud And if you become famous or something They never talk about how happy you where when came home from deployment How ecstatic you felt to show him all new things Before he leave again And some how when you talk about home It never gets across how much The peace and happiness in the house because daddy
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source of measurement. For those who detest it‚ it is the Eternal vanquisher and the Universal enemy of beauty. Here the poet puts forward the notion of Time as viewed by a child‚ immediately‚ through the childs’ actions and thoughts we are brought toward the main theme in the poem. Being‚ “innocence’ the poem is based on the basic thoughts of a child and how The child’s life is simplified into very organized and recognized actions‚ but actual time has no meaning. Children are not rushed and ruled by
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