MADHU MALTI

I Remember, I Remember : Philips Larkin : ( 1 ) : : Poem Reading : Tom O’Bedlam : ( 2 ) : : Childhood Poems : :

Philips Larkin ( born August 9 , 1922 , At Coventry , U. K. – Died December 2 , 1985 , At Kingston upon Hull , U. K. ) : : At the Railway Station : Platform To Gate. He left Coventry after WW Ii , broke out. The Railway Station was bombed & got severely damaged. : : : : Philip Arthur Larkin was an English poet, novelist, and librarian. His first book of poetry, The North Ship, was published in 1945, followed by two novels, Jill (1946) and A Girl in Winter (1947), and he came to prominence in 1955 with the publication of his second collection of poems, The Less Deceived, followed by The Whitsun Weddings (1964) and High Windows (1974). He contributed to The Daily Telegraph as its jazz critic from 1961 to 1971, with his articles gathered in All What Jazz: A Record Diary 1961–71 (1985), and edited The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse (1973).[1] His many honours include the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry.[2] He was offered, but declined, the position of Poet Laureate in 1984, following the death of Sir John Betjeman.

**Bomb damage to Coventry rail station. The station was completly rebuilt in 1960. This image is taken after November 1940**
Bomb damage to Coventry rail station. The station was completly rebuilt in 1960. This image is taken after November 1940 or April 1941 c.1940 (Photo by Coventry Telegraph Archive/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

**Princess Elizabeth paid her first visit to Coventry today and was greeted by huge crowds in glorious weather.**
She arrived at Coventry railway station at 10.59 am ( 22 May, 1948 ) and as she emerged from the station she was greeted by a fanfare from trumpeters and drummers of Coventry School of Music. She then entered her waiting car – a Humber open Landau, bearing the Royal Standard and sitting beside the Mayor, Mr. W. H. Malcolm, drove off along Eaton Road and Warwick Road en route for the Memorial Park. The Princess came to Coventry to inaugurate the new city centre, the reconstructed Broadgate with its magnificent garden island, and to lay the foundation stone of the new shopping precinct, which in the years to come will be built on the Smithford Street side of the city centre. She wore a calf-length lime green coat of soft woollen material shaped at the front to look like a n (Photo by Coventry Telegraph Archive/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

**Coventry Railway Station , U. K. As in 1952.**

Coventry Railway Station , in 2006. : “Men with number plates” : Coventry is a town that builds Motor Cars, which are drawn by men to various garages around the country on trade plates / temporary number plates to make the unregistered vehicles ” Street Legal” : :

**Welcome To Coventry**
Welcome to Coventry sign outside the mainline railway station in the UK City of Culture 2021 on 23rd June 2021 in Coventry, United Kingdom. The UK City of Culture is a designation given to a city in the United Kingdom for a period of one year. The aim of the initiative, which is administered by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Coventry is a city which is under a large scale and current regeneration. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

**Splendid Isolation: “I Remember, I Remember”**

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I Remember, I Remember

Coming up England by a different line
For once, early in the cold new year,
We stopped, and, watching men with number plates
Sprint down the platform to familiar gates,
“Why, Coventry!” I exclaimed. “I was born here.” 5

I leant far out, and squinnied for a sign
That this was still the town that had been ‘mine’
So long, but found I wasn’t even clear
Which side was which. From where those cycle-crates
Were standing, had we annually departed 10

For all those family hols? . . . A whistle went:
Things moved. I sat back, staring at my boots.
‘Was that,’ my friend smiled, ‘where you “have your roots”?’
No, only where my childhood was unspent,
I wanted to retort, just where I started: 15

By now I’ve got the whole place clearly charted.
Our garden, first: where I did not invent
Blinding theologies of flowers and fruits,
And wasn’t spoken to by an old hat.
And here we have that splendid family 20

I never ran to when I got depressed,
The boys all biceps and the girls all chest,
Their comic Ford, their farm where I could be
‘Really myself’. I’ll show you, come to that,
The bracken where I never trembling sat, 25

Determined to go through with it; where she
Lay back, and ‘all became a burning mist’.
And, in those offices, my doggerel
Was not set up in blunt ten-point, nor read
By a distinguished cousin of the mayor, 30

Who didn’t call and tell my father There
Before us, had we the gift to see ahead –
‘You look as though you wished the place in Hell,’
My friend said, ‘judging from your face.’ ‘Oh well,
I suppose it’s not the place’s fault,’ I said.

‘Nothing, like something, happens anywhere.’ 35

Philip Larkin

“I Remember I Remember” , A Childhood Poem By Philips Larkin ( ) is about The Poet’s / The Speaker’s Thoughts about his home , ideal Childhood and how it mismatches. The Poet / The Speaker Ruth-fully lists up things that didn’t happen in his Childhood and what he misses the substantial meaning or purposes of life. It has 7 Stanzas each of 5 lines quintains without consistent Rhymes ; written in 1954 on his visiting a birthplace of Coventry, England. : :

Stanza 1 : : “Coming up England by a different line 1
For once, early in the cold new year, 2
We stopped, and, watching men with number plates 3
Sprint down the platform to familiar gates, 4
“Why, Coventry!” I exclaimed. “I was born here.” 5 : : : : lines 1 To 5 : : : :

The speaker and his friend are “Coming up by a different line ” ( line 1 ) at the Railway Station of Coventry town , his birthplace while on their way somewhere and are stopped for a short time. ” Sprint down the platform for familiar gates” ( line 4 ), Meaning , a quick run is taken by him as , the stoppage is for a short time passed mainly in “watching the men with number plates” ( line 3 ) Men comes to Coventry , a Motor Cars manufacturing town , to get the temporary number plates for their unregistered Vehicles are thus getting street legal. : That’s why , this reference in line 4 : : He doesn’t recognise the place as it gives him no nostalgic vibe. In fact he has no longing for any familiarity to look around as Coventry was not really a home for him and a memorable place from his unhappy Childhood.. The cold New year has just started. ( line 2 ) : He says aloud, ‘“Why, Coventry!’” Then goes on to tell his friend that he was “born here.” ( line 5 ) : : : :

Stanza 2 : : ” I leant far out, and squinnied for a sign 6
That this was still the town that had been ‘mine’ 7
So long, but found I wasn’t even clear 8
Which side was which. From where those cycle-crates 9
Were standing, had we annually departed”10 : : : : ( lines 6 To 10 ) : : : :

He tilted ( “leant far out” ) and “squinnied for a sign.” ( line 6 ) : A word “squin”, means , ‘ with the eye directed one sided’ : Shakespeare used this word squinny – “squin(nied)” for the first time : ( “I remember thine eyes well enough. Dost thou squiny at me?” So asks Shakespeare’s mad King Lear of blind Gloucester ; & “This is the foul fiend Flibbertigibbet.… He gives the web and the pin, / squints the eye … mildews the white wheat, / and hurts the poor creature of earth.”: King Lear ) : Here , the Speaker in modern English, meant “sqint- eyed glances” , directed to one side with doubt or envy ( unwilling or stingy interest ) He is looking for a sign : a name or something that can evince to search “which side was which from where those cycle – crates were standing” ( lines 9 & 10 ) So , ” That this was still the town that had been ‘mine” ( line 7 ) : But nothing out of train window is made clear. He wonders for “those cycle – crates , Were standing , had we annually departed” ( lines 9 & 10 ) “for all those family hols ?” ( line 11 in next Stanza 3 ) vacation/ holidays!? Usually an annual trip to Sea – side. They generally went to Devon Or Cornwall. : : : :

Stanza 3 : : “For all those family hols? . . . A whistle went: 11
Things moved. I sat back, staring at my boots. 12
‘Was that,’ my friend smiled, ‘where you “have your roots”?’ 13
No, only where my childhood was unspent14
I wanted to retort, just where I started”: 15 : : : : : ( lines 11 To 15 ) : : : :

With this , his short quick glance is finished. “A whistle went: Things moved, I set back, staring at my boots.” ( lines 11 & 12 ) : His friend looks, smiles , and asks if that previous town was ‘where you “have your roots”? ( lines 13 & 14 ) The Speaker wanted to retort,” ( line 15 ) : He wanted to return cleverly on to his friend’s humour with a quick reply, but said, ” just where I started” ( line 15 ) : And that was just enough , he wanted his friend to know. : : : :

Stanza 4 : : “By now I’ve got the whole place clearly charted. 16
Our garden, first: where I did not invent 17
Blinding theologies of flowers and fruits, 18
And wasn’t spoken to by an old hat. 19
And here we have that splendid family” 20 : ( lines 16 To 20 ) : : : :

The Speaker recalls the charted territory of the town , he lived ,so marks off the layout of their garden where he did not invent ( line 17 ) A place where no ideas or plan of doing something new, creative, or innovative things were contrived. Nothing awesome was cracked for him. Not even an ‘old fashioned conversations ( “old-hat” was spoken” ( line 19 ) to him.: Could be a reference to Joseph Smith ,who translated a book : Mormon : Who talked to an old-hat in childhood. ) : That is to say , by an adult person who should have given an explanation “of flowers and fruits” or an understanding in religious belief and teachings that could have had to reveal as ‘glaring’ ( “Blinding” ) truth in the ( ” theologies ) : ” And here we have that splendid family ” ( line 20 ) : The Speaker says in contempt of a so called super impressive : “splendid” family he was part of. ( D H Lawrence was favourite writer , Larkin used to enjoy reading , and hence , it’s a pleasure to remember , ” Sons And Lovers”( 1913 Novel : Lawrence’s finest work depicting emotional conflicts & suffocating relationships with a demanding mother and two very different lovers, which exert complex influences on the development of the protagonist Paul Moren’s manhood. ) : : : : :

Stanza 5 : : “I never ran to when I got depressed, 21
The boys all biceps and the girls all chest, 22
Their comic Ford, their farm where I could be 23
‘Really myself’. I’ll show you, come to that,24
The bracken where I never trembling sat,” 25 : : : : ( lines 21 To 25 ) : : : :

It was not a genial , receptive and welcoming home. : ” I never ran to when I got depressed,” ( line 21 ) The Speaker revealed his alienating connection.: He reveals furthermore, ” Their comic Ford , their farm where I could be” ( line 23 ) His fellow boys would have owned “Ford” Car , and “their farm”could have provided him with a place for “real himself” ( he “could be Really myself” ( as in line 23 / 24 ) But arousing or kicking up of that laughter with ( “comic Ford” ) did not happen in his childhood which generally is amusive in other Children’s happy days. The Speaker complains about no intimate contact with girls : “The boys all biceps , and the girls all chest” ( line 24 ) : Meaning , like other boys , he never had an opportunity to give his biceps a flex to impress the girls who were showing pride in the chest. ( Larkin said , ” I had grown up to regard sexual recreation as a remote thing .like Baccarat or clog dancing ,and nothing happened to alter this views. : Reported by Tom O’Bedlam ) The line 25,” The bracken where I never trembling sat ,”is accomplished in line 26 of the next Stanza 6 :

Stanza 6 : : “Determined to go through with it; where she 26
Lay back, and ‘all became a burning mist’. 27
And, in those offices, my doggerel 28
Was not set up in blunt ten-point, nor read 29
By a distinguished cousin of the mayor,” 30. ( lines 26 To 30 ) : : : :

The Speaker envisages what did not happen in his Childhood. : there would be an occasion where he was within the woods, trembling, alongside a girl. The two would have some sort of very intimate close relationship of which he would be afraid of. The girl would take repose by resting place :“Lay back” and “all became “‘a burning mist'”: suggestive of strong sense of passion : it suggests : tears ( “mist” /foggy layer became clear with the fire ( of passion ) lit ) became vapourised ( line 27 ) : He could not take pleasure of the imageries in his girl, or feel even sensational excitement of fear. In “those offices” , that is in those roles assigned, the speaker’s “doggerel”, Meaning , the loosely styled , trivial & badly expressed Verse becoming Comic , especially in the last part , that is some silly jingles running through his make- believe -mind or was not set up in “blunt ten-point.” , that is ‘less lively/ less vigorous And So dull & inferior. He had different set up in giving weighty stress. His set up was not like that of other boys who had recognition; their words “nor read” ( line 29 ) ” By a distinguished cousin of the mayor,” ( line 30 ) : The Speaker did not get this type of recognition or a stylish honour. : : : :

Stanza 7 : : “Who didn’t call and tell my father There 31
Before us, had we the gift to see ahead –
‘You look as though you wished the place in Hell,’ 32
My friend said, ‘judging from your face.’ ‘Oh well, 33
I suppose it’s not the place’s fault,’ I said. 34

‘Nothing, like something, happens anywhere.’ 35 ” : : : : ( lines 31 To 35 ) : : : :

In the model world the “distinguished cousin” would’ve called his father and told him of the promise the young boy had. Here , the Speaker’s friend intervenes. Whether , he (the speaker ) “wished the place in Hell.” The speaker replies that it was not really the “place’s fault.” Meaning , He did not have the childhood he wanted. And finally (the last line 35 ) , ” Nothing, like something, happens anywhere. ” : Meaning , he is convinced that ideal Childhood happens nowhere. He sheds the optimism believing that life is like what he has narrated by sharing with his intimate friend , a companion in the rail journey they together envisaged now, in his youth , the memories of his unhappy Childhood. : : : : The journey of life continues in a different track to his real destiny. : : : :

“I Remember , Remember “, A Childhood Poem By Philips Larkin, Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India December 6 , 2022 : : : : : : : :

Fern Hill : Dylan Thomas : : Childhood Poems : :

Dylan Marlais Thomas, born October 27, 1914, in South Wales, was the archetypal Romantic poet of the popular American imagination. Dylan Thomas’ best-known work, ‘Do not Go Gentle Into That Good Night’ was first published in 1951. Thomas wrote the poem after his father’s death and used it as an opportunity to address the universality of death and encourage the reader to remain strong until the end.

Fern Hill
Dylan Thomas – 1914-1953

Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughs
About the lilting house and happy as the grass was green,
The night above the dingle starry,
Time let me hail and climb
Golden in the heydays of his eyes,
And honoured among wagons I was prince of the apple towns
And once below a time I lordly had the trees and leaves
Trail with daisies and barley
Down the rivers of the windfall light.

And as I was green and carefree, famous among the barns
About the happy yard and singing as the farm was home,
In the sun that is young once only,
Time let me play and be
Golden in the mercy of his means,
And green and golden I was huntsman and herdsman, the calves
Sang to my horn, the foxes on the hills barked clear and cold,
And the sabbath rang slowly
In the pebbles of the holy streams.

All the sun long it was running, it was lovely, the hay
Fields high as the house, the tunes from the chimneys, it was air
And playing, lovely and watery
And fire green as grass.
And nightly under the simple stars
As I rode to sleep the owls were bearing the farm away,
All the moon long I heard, blessed among stables, the nightjars
Flying with the ricks, and the horses
Flashing into the dark.

And then to awake, and the farm, like a wanderer white
With the dew, come back, the cock on his shoulder: it was all
Shining, it was Adam and maiden,
The sky gathered again
And the sun grew round that very day.
So it must have been after the birth of the simple light
In the first, spinning place, the spellbound horses walking warm
Out of the whinnying green stable
On to the fields of praise.

And honoured among foxes and pheasants by the gay house
Under the new made clouds and happy as the heart was long,
In the sun born over and over,
I ran my heedless ways,
My wishes raced through the house high hay
And nothing I cared, at my sky blue trades, that time allows
In all his tuneful turning so few and such morning songs
Before the children green and golden
Follow him out of grace,

Nothing I cared, in the lamb white days, that time would take me
Up to the swallow thronged loft by the shadow of my hand,
In the moon that is always rising,
Nor that riding to sleep
I should hear him fly with the high fields
And wake to the farm forever fled from the childless land.
Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means,
Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea.

From The Poems of Dylan Thomas, published by New Directions. : From poets.org

“Fern Hill” ,An Autobiographical Childhood Poem By Dylan Thomas is about ‘Memories’ Of ‘Joy’, and ‘Innocence’ To Experience, in ‘Short Childhood‘ and ‘Nature Of Time.’
Dylan Thomas based his 1945 poem “Fern Hill” on childhood experiences at his aunt’s farm in Wales, where he grew up. The poem is filled with intensely lyrical language and rich metaphorical descriptions that capture the excitement and joy of playing outside as a child and feeling in harmony with the natural world. The result is a hymn to the wonder and grace of childhood and the pain of its eventual loss. The 6 Stanzas each of 9 lines often follow the half-rhymes as well as internal rhymes.

When I was young and relaxed ( “easy” ) under the larger branches ( boughs ) of the apple trees that surrounded the Swinging ( “lilting” ) happy house, and my happiness was as pictorial as the lifelike “green of the grass”, with the night above the sky in the hollow ( ” dingle” ) “starry Time” let me recognise ( “hail” ) and ( ” climb” ) flourish high. I was “golden in the heydays of his eyes” , Meaning , I was fortunate and blessed with prosperity in its prime time. I was highly respected among the wagons and was the prince of the town full of apple gardens. I was like a Lord who proudly had the trees and their leaves . I went after “the daisy” flowers and “barley” grass ( on the fields ) and also after the “windfall”, that is , the fruits fallen down from the ( Apple ) Trees by the wind like a “river of light.” : : This is what Stanza 1 states. : : : :

“And I was green and carefree” , Meaning , I was young , inexperienced, and naive – simple child , “I was famous among the barns”, that is among the buildings for the rich grains outlying the farms. and in the happy yard, and “I was singing” all over the farm because it felt like home. “In the sun”, which is “young only once”, time allowed me to play and feel golden as far as his “mercy and means” allowed. “And green and golden”, that is , ‘Young and flourishing’ , I was like a ” Huntsman and herdsman”, that is, hunter or shepherd. “the Calves sang to my horns” , that is, ‘ on blewing a brilliant tone from my ( French ) horns , the young cows /cattles ran back to me. and foxes on the nearby hills barked distinctly ( “clear” ) and without any warmth (“coldly” ) : ” And the sabbath rang slowly
In the pebbles of the holy streams.” Meaning , The sabbath : A day of rest and worships / On A Sunday , the Church bell rang slowly abounding in the small stones seemed a steady flow of holiness. : : This is what Stanza 2 states. : : : :

I’d spend the whole, lovely day running about. Farmers had stacks of hay as high as the house’s roof, and the smoke from the chimneys was like a song. The days were full of fresh air and play, beautiful and flowing. The fire was as green as the grass. Every night under the stars I didn’t just fall to sleep, I rode to sleep, and the owls seemed to carry the farm away with them as they took flight. All the moonlit night I could hear the blessed nightjars—nocturnal birds—near the horse stables, flying around the stacks of hay. Light gleamed on the horses’ hair before they disappeared into darkness. : : This is what Stanza 3 states. : : : :

And then I would wake up. The farm seemed to return in that moment, like a wandering person shining with morning dew, a rooster on his shoulder. Everything was shining, in fact; it was like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The sky returned and the sun rose again, right then and there. This is what it must have been like when God created the world, making the first light over the spinning earth. The first horses would have been mesmerized by what had happened, walking out of their green stables, which were full of their neighing, and into the warmth, into the fields where everything was praising God. : : This is what Stanza 4 states. : : : :

I was also a celebrity among the foxes and the pheasants (a type of bird) near the happy house under the newly-formed clouds. My heart was filled with happiness, in the light of that sun that rose again and again. I ran without a care, all my desires running with me between the tall stacks of hay. And I didn’t care at all—as I went about my tasks, which were blue as the sky—that time, with all his beautiful music, doesn’t allow people to have very many songs of childhood. Soon, children, inexperienced and full of joy, have to follow time out of their innocence. : : This is what Stanza 5 states. : : : :

But I didn’t care, in those days when I was innocent as a lamb, that time would lead me to the attic that was full of swallows (a type of bird), guiding me by my hand’s shadow—all in the light of the moon that seems to keep rising and rising. And I didn’t care that as I went to sleep I would hear time flying over the fields, and that when I woke up the farm would be gone and there would be no more children. Oh! When I was young and happy in the short childhood that I was granted, time embraced me, still young and inexperienced but already dying, even though I was locked in chains, singing like the sea. : : This is what Stanza 6 states. : : : :

“Fern Hill”, A Childhood Poem By Dylan Thomas Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India December 5 , 2022 : : : : : : : :

Discord In Childhood : D H Lawrence : : Childhood Poems : :

**Rustic House with Red Ash Tree outside in Aurumn.**

D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930). Amores. 1916.

4. Discord in Childhood

OUTSIDE the house an ash-tree hung its terrible whips, 1
And at night when the wind arose, the lash of the tree 2
Shrieked and slashed the wind, as a ship’s 3
Weird rigging in a storm shrieks hideously. 4

Within the house two voices arose in anger, a slender lash 5
Whistling delirious rage, and the dreadful sound 6
Of a thick lash booming and bruising, until it drowned 7
The other voice in a silence of blood, ’neath the noise of the ash. 8

“Discord In Childhood” , A Childhood Poem By D H Lawrence is about metaphorical “lashes , anger , craze, fury and constant conflict which surrounds the mindset of a child wherein the conflict in the home is compared to a “Storm” outside. : : : :

Stanza 1 : ” Outside the house an ash-tree hung its terrible whips,

And at night when the wind arose, the lash of the tree ” : : : : lines 1 &2 : :

“When the wind arose at night” (increased) , the branches of “an ash- tree” became “whips” : strike or beat about sharply. This is like lashing of the tree / coming together for a while due to a “terrible” Storms. The noise of the shrill cry piercing sharply is heard as if slashing at the wind : ” Shrieked and slashed the wind “( line 3 ) which is comparable to what is weirdly heard from the rigging ships in a storm hideously.”( line 3 & 4 ) Meaning , horridly or monstrously that sounds grossly offensive & bad.

” Shrieked and slashed the wind, as a ship’s

Weird rigging in a storm shrieks hideously.”: lines 3 & 4 : :

The terrifying image with the lines 3 & 4 , creates a turbulent and troubled scene of unrest in a child, watching and hearing about a storm outside , from the inside of his house. What is going on inside the house!?

Stanza 2 : : “Within the house two voices arose in anger, a slender lash 5

Whistling delirious rage, and the dreadful sound 6

Of a thick lash booming and bruising, until it drowned 7

The other voice in a silence of blood, ’neath the noise of the ash.” 8 : : : : ( lines 5 To 8 ) : :

“Within the house two voices ( of the parents) arose ( increase ) in anger, a slender ( delicate or thinly build ) lashing ( challenging aggressively ) speech of a child’s mother , described as “Whistling delirious “( frantic / unrestricted /ill )”rage” ( furiously/ very angrily ) through the air ( just like the Ash tree outside ) , “and the dreadful” ( fearsome/ frightening ) “sound”. ( line 5 & 6 ) : : The other voice in a silence of blood ,”Of a child’s Father is “Of a thick lash booming and bruising,”( line 7 & 8 ) is a deep and resonant and expanding hard -hit boom , that is forcefully hurting ( bruising ) “untill it drowned ” : It could have caused physical or more an emotional injury , hence harmful which, “in a silence of blood,”is stretched along the house , “beneath the noise of the Ash.” And the poem ends here , D H Lawrence couldn’t extend it beyond the 8 lines in 2 Stanzas.: : In the words ” untill it ( Mother’s Voice / perhaps her life ) drowned by the Other (Brutal/ Compelling / dominant) Voice Of Father. : : These are unhappy moments of childhood and the “discord” that haunted one youth’s days. The child draws away from the quarrelling noise made by his / her parents and finds the quarrel pulled out across the binding branches of the Ash tree with the pressure of the storming air and the frightening noise is thus deflected in to the echoing Violent Sound in “ash-tree” , ‘slashed‘ and ‘ash’. Isn’t this , a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning in the mindset of a child !? It’s pitiable and unfortunate. The pathos build in The Poem ,”Discord In Childhood”by D H Lawrence arouse emotions of pity , sorrows and sympathy for a child. : : : :

“Discord In Childhood” , A Childhood Poem By D H Lawrence , Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India December 4 , 2022 : : : : : : : :

The Child’s Faith Is New : Emily Dickinson : : Childhood Poems : :

**Emily Dickinson. : Her Most Famous Quote : “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all.”**

The Child’s faith is new : Emily Dickinson : :
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The Child’s faith is new—
Whole—like His Principle—
Wide—like the Sunrise
On fresh Eyes—
Never had a Doubt—
Laughs—at a Scruple—
Believes all sham
But Paradise—

Credits the World—
Deems His Dominion
Broadest of Sovereignties—
And Caesar—mean—
In the Comparison—
Baseless Emperor—
Ruler of Nought—
Yet swaying all—

Grown bye and bye
To hold mistaken
His pretty estimates
Of Prickly Things
He gains the skill
Sorrowful—as certain—
Men—to anticipate
Instead of Kings —

” The Child’s Faith Is New” , A Childhood Poem , By Emily Dickinson, is about Wide Eyed Innocence , Faith & Religion. : :

Stanza One, is about the purity of a child’s “new faith” , “Whole like His principle“( correct maxim for a conduct ) and Wide like the Sunrise. ” On Fresh Eyes” , that is When a child is born and seeing a World around, S(H)E has “Never had A Doubt”. : That is the reason , as during childhood , S(H)E is filled with “Faith”and is full of hope. S(H)E laughs ( deals it by laughing & pretending to be amused by it ) at scruple ( Scruple means a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action / reluctance to do something that one thinks may be wrong ) ; and assumes everything and everyone before her/him as alright , even if that could be fake or a person before her/him is imposter and the things given are “sham”, not what seems to be. This is because men are born credulous ( having a tendency to believe readily ) : Thus , it appears that The Poet blindly believes in goodness, and disagrees with people of practicality and disbelief without any reservations or exceptions. When the belief System lowers the expectations, the things let you down. But, of no help, “the child’s faith is new” , raw, unused and is yet to be tested. : : : :

Stanza Two, is about attitude and belief of a child. The child feels that the whole world has been set up specifically for her/ him.
Trust the world and consider it my own world , thus “Credits the World –” : the Poet acknowledges , ( perhaps in praise or respect) : “Deems His Dominion broadest of Sovereignties –” : Meaning ,’Conveys as her / his conviction’ ; and His authority to govern is free with dominance. : Known as the biggest of all in This World , and in the Other World , that is the Universe, the Caesor in comparison with the child’s perceived dominion over the world, becomes a mean, “Baseless Emperor –” in reason or in fact unsupported as a ruler of the world. And his rule looks like of no value or importance. : : “Ruler of Nought– Yet Swaying all –” : Swaying or Swinging without carrying support or persuading aproval : : : :
Stanza Three, is about realisation with growth and determining the right judgement. especially of things that can be “prickly”: irritable and hurting. As her/his “Pretty estimates” are now recognised as “mistaken”, S(H)E feels prickly by knowing faulty and alarming things; the grown up young child is now able to anticipate the real Sorrow of common men, rather than kings. S(H)E will expect men to be men rather than King. Sees everyone, no matter how grand they seem to look like. Sees the weaknesses and flaws in everyone who appears strong or invincible. Everything is mortal afterall ,S(H)E understands.
( perhaps the common men dont express their sorrows, just as much the delicately raised kings. ) : : The Poet thus peculiarly expresses her own idiosyncratic gestures of looking at the individuals and the World around her. : :

“The Child’s Faith Is New” , A Childhood Poem By Emily Dickinson Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India December 3 , 2022 : :

Little Orphant Annie : James Whitcomb Riley : : Children’s Poems : :

James Whitcomb Riley , in 1913.: : was a poet who achieved national fame in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th century. “Little Orphant Annie” is one of Whitcomb’s most well known poems.

Mary Alice “Allie” Smith, Riley’s inspiration for the poem. : Wikie notes : Mary Alice Smith was born near Liberty, Union County, Indiana, 25 September 1850. She lived on a small farm with her parents until (as one story goes) both parents died when she was about nine years old. Some stories say that Mary’s mother died when she was very young and her father, Peter Smith, died when she was ten. Other evidence points to her father’s being incarcerated at the time. Whatever the cause, she was considered an orphan. Mary’s uncle, a John Rittenhouse, came to Union County and took the young orphan to his home in Greenfield where he “dressed her in black” and “bound her out to earn her board and keep”. Mary Alice was taken in by Captain Reuben Riley as a “bound” servant to help his wife Elizabeth Riley with the housework and her four children: John, James, Elva May and Alex. As was customary at that time, she worked alongside the family to earn her board.In the evening hours, she often told stories to the younger children, including Riley. The family called her a “Guest” not a servant and treated her like she was part of their family. Smith did not learn she was the inspiration for the character until the 1910s when she visited with Riley. : : Riley had previously presented a fictionalized version of Mary Alice Smith in his short story “Where Is Mary Alice Smith?,” published in The Indianapolis Journal of 30 September 1882. In it, Mary Alice arrives at her benefactor family’s home and wastes no time in telling the children a grisly story of murder by decapitation and then later introduces them to her soldier friend Dave who is soon killed upon going off to war. The plot of this short story was heavily incorporated into the 1918 movie adaptation as well as Johnny Gruelle’s 1921 storybook. ( The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley: Written, Together with Photographs, Bibliographic Notes, and a Life Sketch of the Author, ed. Edmund Henry Eitel, “biographical edition,” vol. 6, Indianapolis: Bobbs‐Merrill Co., 1913, Pg 403 ) : During the 1910s and 1920s, the title became the inspiration for the names of Little Orphan Annie and the Raggedy Ann doll, created by fellow Indiana native Johnny Gruelle. : The verses of the poem detail the scary stories told by Annie when her housework was done, repeating the phrase “An’ the Gobble-uns ‘at gits you ef you don’t watch out!”It was popular among children, and many of the letters Whitcomb received from children commented on the poem. It remains a favorite among children in Indiana and is often associated with Halloween celebrations. : :

**Illustration by Ethel Franklin Betts in the Orphan Annie book While the Heart Beats Young by James Whitcomb Riley. : ( Wikie Pictures)**

Little Orphant Annie
James Whitcomb Riley – 1849-1916

Little Orphant Annie’s come to our house to stay,
An’ wash the cups an’ saucers up, an’ brush the crumbs away,
An’ shoo the chickens off the porch, an’ dust the hearth, an’ sweep,
An’ make the fire, an’ bake the bread, an’ earn her board-an’-keep;
An’ all us other childern, when the supper things is done,
We set around the kitchen fire an’ has the mostest fun
A-list’nin’ to the witch-tales ‘at Annie tells about,
An’ the Gobble-uns ‘at gits you
Ef you
Don’t
Watch
Out!

Onc’t they was a little boy wouldn’t say his prayers,—
So when he went to bed at night, away up stairs,
His Mammy heerd him holler, an’ his Daddy heerd him bawl,
An’ when they turn’t the kivvers down, he wasn’t there at all!
An’ they seeked him in the rafter-room, an’ cubby-hole, an’ press,
An’ seeked him up the chimbly-flue, an’ ever’wheres, I guess;
But all they ever found was thist his pants an’ roundabout–
An’ the Gobble-uns’ll git you
Ef you
Don’t
Watch
Out!

An’ one time a little girl ‘ud allus laugh an’ grin,
An’ make fun of ever’one, an’ all her blood an’ kin;
An’ onc’t, when they was “company,” an’ ole folks was there,
She mocked ‘em an’ shocked ‘em, an’ said she didn’t care!
An’ thist as she kicked her heels, an’ turn’t to run an’ hide,
They was two great big Black Things a-standin’ by her side,
An’ they snatched her through the ceilin’ ‘fore she knowed what she’s about!
An’ the Gobble-uns’ll git you
Ef you
Don’t
Watch
Out!

An’ little Orphant Annie says when the blaze is blue,
An’ the lamp-wick sputters, an’ the wind goes woo-oo!
An’ you hear the crickets quit, an’ the moon is gray,
An’ the lightnin’-bugs in dew is all squenched away,–
You better mind yer parents, an’ yer teachers fond an’ dear,
An’ churish them ‘at loves you, an’ dry the orphant’s tear,
An’ he’p the pore an’ needy ones ‘at clusters all about,
Er the Gobble-uns’ll git you
Ef you
Don’t
Watch
Out!

This poem is in the public domain.

“Little Orphant Annie”, one of the best known poems , By James Whitcomb Riley ( 1849 – 1916 ) is about an orphaned girl who tells the children in whose house she lives scary stories about “the Gobble-un.” : : First published under the pseudonym “Benj. F. Johnson, of Boone” in the popular collection The Old Swimmin’ Hole and ’Leven More Poems (1883) & as “The Elf Child” in a Newspaper: ‘Indianapolis Journal’ , dated November 15 , 1885 : : The cartoonist Harold Gray named his comic strip about a similarly plucky girl Little Orphan Annie. : :
Gray initially proposed a new feature to the Chicago Tribune Syndicate titled “Little Orphan Otto,” but the syndicate suggested that the lead character be female. Although Gray’s artwork was relatively unsophisticated compared with that of many of his fellow cartoonists, his storytelling riveted his readers and made Annie one of the most successful adventure strips of the 20th century.

Gray wrote and drew the serial until his death in 1968, after which the syndicate tried and failed to recapture the strip’s spirit with several replacements. From 1974 to 1979 they simply reprinted old strips. After the opening and resounding success of an Annie Broadway musical (1977–83, revived on Broadway in 1997), the strip was relaunched in 1979 with cartoonist Leonard Starr. When Starr retired in 2000, the feature was significantly redesigned and modernized by writer Jay Maeder and artist Andrew Pepoy. The Tribune Syndicate discontinued the daily print version of the comic in June 2010. Several Annie movies were made, the first in 1932; a television movie aired in 1999. : : The name was changed by Riley to “Little Orphant Allie” at its third printing; however, a typesetting error during printing renamed the poem to its current form. Known as the “Hoosier poet”, Riley wrote the rhymes in 19th Century dialect. it served as the inspiration for the comic strip Little Orphan Annie which itself inspired a Broadway musical, several films, and many radio and television programs. : : The subject was inspired by Mary Alice “Allie” Smith, an orphan living in the Riley home during her childhood. The poem contains 4 Stanzas ; the first introduces Annie and the second and third are stories she is telling to young children. Each story tells of a bad child who is snatched away by goblins as a result of his or her misbehavior. The underlying moral and warning is announced in the final stanza, telling children that they should obey their parents and be kind to the unfortunate, lest they suffer the same fate.: :Little Orphant Annie was made into a silent film in 1918, featuring Colleen Moore as Annie. She had previously been in A Hoosier Romance, also based on Riley’s work. Riley also appeared in the film as the silent narrator.

A short animated film based on the poem was released by Soyuztelefilm studio in Russia in 1992, directed by Yulian Kalisher. The poem was translated into Russian by Oleg Yegorov.

**First Little Orphan Annie Sunday page (November 2, 1924)**

The poem tells of Annie, an orphan, who has come to live at a house where other children reside. She does many of the family tasks and more significantly, she also tells stories to the kids. These stories are funny but exciting, and strange , unusually with a frightening event or features as with eerie ( supernatural ) characters. they also are intended to teach the children a valuable moral lesson. At the end of every stanza the, the drawn out warning of the “goblins” taking children who “don’t watch out” is repeated. This means they need to be careful of their actions and not be badly behaving naughty so as to not be taken by the scary goblins as a consequence. : :
The theme of the poem is to have strong moral values, like Annie does, in order to be safe and live well. : : : :

Notes for each of the 4 Stanzas Pending visit this post again later on to enjoy the appreciation of the poem V Jayaraj Pune India December 2 , 2022 : : : : : : : :

The Poor Children : Victor Hugo : : Children’s Poems : :

Victor-Marie Hugo (French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ( 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885 ) was a French Writer in Romanticism and politician, Poet, novelist, dramatist, essayist : considered one of the greatest French Writers of all time.During a literary career of more than sixty years : Notable works
**Les Misérables , Ruy Blas, The Hunchback of** **Notre Dame**, He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes such as the abolition of capital punishment.he became a passionate supporter of republicanism serving in politics as both deputy and senator.His work touched upon most of the political and social issues and the artistic trends of his time. His opposition to absolutism and his literary stature established him as a national hero. He was honoured by interment in the Panthéon.

**“.. . And find their ragged babes that weep!”: : A smiling child in the shadow / lap of her mother. : Requiring to be clothed away , whether worn or torn , before it weeps.**

**“When God seeks out these tender things**
**Whom in the shadow where we sleep**
**He sends us clothed about with wings,”( Victor Hugo )**

THE POOR CHILDREN

by: Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

TAKE heed of this small child of earth;
He is great; he hath in him God most high.
Children before their fleshly birth
Are lights alive in the blue sky. 4

In our light bitter world of wrong
They come; God gives us them awhile.
His speech is in their stammering tongue,
And his forgiveness in their smile. 8

Their sweet light rests upon our eyes.
Alas! their right to joy is plain.
If they are hungry Paradise
Weeps, and, if cold, Heaven thrills with pain. 12

The want that saps their sinless flower
Speaks judgment on sin’s ministers.
Man holds an angel in his power.
Ah! deep in Heaven what thunder stirs, 16

When God seeks out these tender things
Whom in the shadow where we sleep
He sends us clothed about with wings,
And finds them ragged babes that weep! 20

Stanza 1:
About the creation of children. Every child is created pure and innocent because they’re created in the image and likeness of God. They’re so perfect that before they’re born they’re stars in the heavens, close to God : : “Light’s alive in the blue sky”( Line 4 ) : : : :

Stanza 2:
Although the children are growing up, they still have ‘God Given’ innocence , and purity they received upon their creation. They speak haltingly , but God’s speech is be seated in their “stammering tounge”, and God’s forgiveness spreads their lips , with the amusement expressed in the Smiles. They have come in our light bitter world of wrong” : : : :

Stanza 3
Talks about the children’s innocence. They take the world as it is . If they are hungry , the Paradise weeps. Heaven thrills with pain when they are feeling cold. “Their right to joy is plain.”: Meaning ,they are not reactionary ( like Adults! ) : their senses and judgement are pure and unmixed. ” The sweet light rests upon our eyes.” Meaning , they are pleasing , loveable and fresh. : : : :

Stanza 4:
As they grow, their “Want sap their sinless flower” , Meaning, their Virtues of Purity and Innocence get depleted just like Sap Circulation in the vascular system of the flowering plant , made up with mixture of the water, air, with the presence of sunlight in the greens , and watery salts / minerals brought up through the earthen roots absorption in the living plants ; all being ungodly and wicked mixtures, play out, or weaken the ( Holy, impeccant ) Sinlessness , intact in the Flower ( A Symbol of Creation like a child ) : Thus Human want turns into greediness. “Sin’s ministers”corrupting The God created Children could be Worldly Living or Wicked Elements ( Demons ) corrupting with their Power. : But, “Man holds an angel in his power,” tells about Man’s ( religious!? ) ‘belief System’ with the help they still receive from God, even they’ve lost the Holy Perfection , Purity and innocence they once had . “Ah, deep in the Heaven , what thunder stirs.” ( line 16 ) , Meaning , deep , that is , profound , prolonged thunder arising from the Heaven , is mysteriously incomprehensible , and so , magically spreading down across the earth which can touch, affect, and arouse the God created Children. : : : :

Stanza 5:
“He sends us clothed about with wings” ( line 19 ). The mothers cover their Children with whatever clothes they have to protect them, and the Adults fit out them, with the shaped out cover of ‘influences’, ( such as their own ‘Thoughts and belief System’) that should save the children from losing the gift of God Given Purity & innocence showered with on their birth. Whether , these are the misfit & mistreat , remains as questionable. ” When God seeks out these tender things”( line 17 ) : Meaning , God looks for a tender / a small poor child, Or such things , and “in the shadow where we sleep , sends us clothed about with wings,” Meaning, a Poor innocent child sleeping in the shadow ( lap ) of h(er)is Mother, : “And finds them ragged babes that weep!” ( lines 18 , 19 & 20 ) : Meaning , The Virtuous Purity and innocence and perfection are found in the babies/ infants being wrapped up in worn Or torn Clothes , when they “weep.”( The Poet for the first time reveals here they are Poor small infants/ Children God looks for”) : : One can also talk about society during the time Hugo wrote this, as the poem is a reflection on France , Her Poor Children ! We have discussed in the first two Stanzas about how God bless the world with children, and despite their beauty and innocence, they’re mistreated. That is why they are called “les enfants pauvres” : These “Children are lights alive in the blue sky , before their fleshly birth .. . “God gives us them awhile” ( lines 5 & 6 ) : , that is only for a short time. Hence,
“Take heed of this small child of earth;” Pay attention to the advice of the Poet.Because , it is God Saying : : ” He is great, ” : : : :

“The Poor Children”, A Children Poem , By Victor Hugo Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India December 1 , 2022 : : : : : : : :

**Unwanted and Abandoned Children: Treasures on the Streets of Paris** , **during the early 19 th Century.**

Buckingham Palace: A A Milne : : Children’s Poems : :

Alan Alexander Milne ( 18 January 1882 , Kilburn, London, England – 31 January 1956 , Aged 74 , Hartfield, Sussex, England ) : : Novelist, playwright, Poet.Children’s literature.: Winnie the pooh: Alma Mater : Trinity College , Cambridge.Spouse:. Dorothy “Daphne” de ( m. 1913 ) : English writer who was popular for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as for children’s poetry. Milne was primarily a playwright before the huge success of Winnie-the-Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. Milne served in both World Wars, as a lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in the First World War and as a captain in the Home Guard in the Second World War.Milne was the father of bookseller Christopher Robin Milne, upon whom the character Christopher Robin is based. It was during a visit to London Zoo, where Christopher became enamoured with the tame and amiable bear Winnipeg, that inspired Milne to write the story for his son. : : COMMEMORATION : : “I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this world, whatever he may be doing, himself, in the next.”— A A Milne: :

The actual stuffed toys owned by Christopher Robin Milne and featured in the Winnie-the-Pooh stories. They are on display in the New York Public Library Main Branch in New York without Roo, who was lost when Christopher Robin was 9.

Buckingham Palace : : A A Milne : : : :
They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace –
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
Alice is marrying one of the guard.
“A soldier’s life is terrible hard,”
Says Alice.

They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace –
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
We saw a guard in a sentry-box.
“One of the sergeants looks after their socks,”
Says Alice.

They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace –
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
We looked for the King, but he never came.
“Well, God take care of him, all the same,”
Says Alice.

They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace –
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
They’ve great big parties inside the grounds.
“I wouldn’t be King for a hundred pounds,”
Says Alice.

They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace –
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
A face looked out, but it wasn’t the King’s.
“He’s much too busy a-signing things,”
Says Alice.

They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace –
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
“Do you think the King knows all about me?”
“Sure to, dear, but it’s time for tea,”
Says Alice

” Buckingham Palace” , By A A Milne , is about Alice and Christopher’s trip to see the changing of the guard , And about the Role of a King & People’s perfection of this Role. Milne only includes Christopher from the his World Famous Winnie-the-Pooh stories. : : His son was famously the inspiration for the character of Christopher Robin and his stuffed animals, the inspiration for the other characters. : : Alice and Christopher are consistently disappointed in regards to the changing of the guard in sentry box , they see on their Everyday Visit. They fail to meet their hope to see a King’s face, as he never came. They cite to the big ground Parties and on the intricacies , high Ness & low Ness, with what the king has to deal with, “too busy a Signing things.” ( Seems unimportant feature in a life not impressive ) & his ability to “know” everyone he rules.: : : : The Poem has 6 Stanzas , each with 5 lines ( quintains ) that follow a simple and repetitive rhyme scheme AABBA. : The use and reuse of refrains, for example, the first line of each stanza “They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace” and the last line of each stanza “Says Alice”; And the second line of every stanza is also repeated in full,so in this way are followed throughout in all the Stanzas which is easy going for all the children to remain accustomed to the same Rhyme. : :

The young Christopher Robin asks if “the King knows all about me”. To this profound question in a child’s mind , Alice answers in ‘yes’ for sure , but its “time for tea”she says. With that remarks , they go into their daily chores. So , Dear Children , Visiting a King’s Palace Or say , PM’s House Or Office , from outside , is unimportant , meaningless and inessential.

“Buckingham Palace”, By A A Milne , A Children’s Poem , Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India November 30 , 2022 : : : : : : : :

Life Doesn’t Frighten Me : Maya Angelou : : Children’s Poems : :

Maya AngelouMaya Angelou

Life Doesn’t Frighten Me

Shadows on the wall
Noises down the hall
Life doesn’t frighten me at all

Bad dogs barking loud
Big ghosts in a cloud
Life doesn’t frighten me at all

Mean old Mother Goose
Lions on the loose
They don’t frighten me at all

Dragons breathing flame
On my counterpane
That doesn’t frighten me at all.

I go boo
Make them shoo
I make fun
Way they run
I won’t cry
So they fly
I just smile
They go wild

Life doesn’t frighten me at all.

Tough guys fight
All alone at night
Life doesn’t frighten me at all.

Panthers in the park
Strangers in the dark
No, they don’t frighten me at all.

That new classroom where
Boys all pull my hair
(Kissy little girls
With their hair in curls)
They don’t frighten me at all.

Don’t show me frogs and snakes
And listen for my scream,
If I’m afraid at all
It’s only in my dreams.

I’ve got a magic charm
That I keep up my sleeve
I can walk the ocean floor
And never have to breathe.

Life doesn’t frighten me at all
Not at all
Not at all.

Life doesn’t frighten me at all.

“Life Doesn’t Frighten Me”, By Maya Angelou A perfect children’s Poem , is about overcoming fear and not allowing it to master you ; about self-belief and the importance of FACING THE CHILDREN’S FEARS. : : The Poet/ Speaker lists a number of Animals / Other Objects which are generally understood as Fearsome, in common parlance of the Children Worldviews. And by referring them keeps ingeminating at intervals her ‘Mantra’ : The Sacred utterance which is , ” Life doesn’t frighten me at all”, At the Poem’s Ending too, the ‘Refrains’ ( Refrains are used in poems and songs. They are repeated sections of text that usually appear at the end of a stanza or verse) : : ‘Life Doesn’t Frighten Me‘ was published in 1993 alongside illustrations by the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. : : 14 stanza poem into uneven sets of lines, ranging from 1 line up to 7 lines ; mostly, tercet, meaning 3 lines. In the tercets main rhyme is AAAA or AAB , the other stanzas make use of an alternating rhyme of AABB. :

Stanza 1 & 2 : : ” Shadows on the wall
Noises down the hall
Life doesn’t frighten me at all

Bad dogs barking loud
Big ghosts in a cloud
Life doesn’t frighten me at all” : : The listed 4 Nos of fearsome animals ( 🐕Bad Dogs 🐕 ) /things ( Shadows , Noises & big Ghosts , described are like a Nursary Rhymes. None of them if happen to comes up in her life , frighten her at all. : : : :

Stanza 3 & 4 : : “Mean old Mother Goose
Lions on the loose
They don’t frighten me at all

Dragons breathing flame
On my counterpane
That doesn’t frighten me at all.” : : “Mean old Mother Goose,”( web footed long necked , migratory , large Acquatic Bird ) & “Lions on the loose”( Alliteration ) , And “Dragons breathing fire”( dragon is a fire rake, winged reptilian only in Teutonic / German , Scandinavian / British People’s mythology on her bedspread”( decorative cover / counterpane covering ) don’t frighten her at all. : : : :

Stanza 5 & 6 : : “I go boo
Make them shoo
I make fun
Way they run
I won’t cry
So they fly
I just smile
They go wild

Life doesn’t frighten me at all.” : : She says “boo”( hissing , or spattering sound in crying ly / scaringly noise of displeasure/ disapproval ) and they “shoo”( Expression in frightening away to drive off the animals. They run when she makes fun of them and they fly away when she doesn’t cry. The following One line in Stanza 6, ” Life doesn’t frighten me at all ” : : : :

Stanza 7 & 8 : : ” Tough guys fight
All alone at night
Life doesn’t frighten me at all.

Panthers in the park
Strangers in the dark
No, they don’t frighten me at all.” : : She says , being all alone at night and when “Tough guys fight”. She isn’t scared of strangers or of “Panthers in the park” : : : :

Stanza 9 : : That new classroom where
Boys all pull my hair
(Kissy little girls
With their hair in curls)
They don’t frighten me at all.” : : She says , most children experience fear at new classroom but she does not. The boys might pull her hair , meaning strain abnormally with physically or forcefully or by way of exerting ( psychological ) power , say by taunting her, but she doesn’t care , true, also with kissy girl’s personality ( “With their hair in curls” ) If they show her “frogs and snakes” she isn’t bothered either. : : : :

Stanzas 10 To 14 : Notes Pending visit this post again later on to enjoy the appreciation of the poem V Jayaraj Pune India November 29 , 2022 : : : : : : : :

Little Red Riding Hood : Roald Dahl : ( 1 ) : : Animation Video : ( 2 ) : Simone Newstadt & Andrew Wilson : ( Narration ) : Hannah Legere & Andrew Wilson : : Children’s Poems : :

**Roald Dahl ( 13 September 1916 , at Cardiff – 23 November 1990 , at Oxford , England , Aged 74 , ) in April 1954.: Novelist , Poet, Screenwriter : Active 1942 – 1990 : Notable works**
James and the Giant Peach , Charlie and the Chocolate factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, Danny the Champion of the world, George , Marvelous Medicine, The BFG , The Witches, Matilda. : : Spouse : Patricia Neal ( m. 1953 – div 1983 ) : Millitary Career : Squadron leader, Ii WW , A British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter ace of Norwegian descent. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. Dahl has been called “one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century”

**Dahl was flying a Gloster Gladiator when he crash landed in Libya.**

**Bad. Dangerous , Man- Eating Wolf Hungry To Eat Grandma and Her little grand child, With Sharp White Teeth , Great Big Eyes and Ears**

Little Red Riding hood, finding and courageously facing a Bad Wolf dressed up in disguising Grandma’s Big Furry Coat. She shoots him with 3 Bullets fired from her Pistol before he can attempt to eat her up.

**Illustration for Roald Dahl’s LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AND THE WOLF by Quentin Blake**

https://youtu.be/Pq161aoLQ1A

Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
As soon as Wolf began to feel
That he would like a decent meal,
He went and knocked on Grandma’s door.
When Grandma opened it, she saw
The sharp white teeth, the horrid grin,
And Wolfie said, “May I come in?”
Poor Grandmamma was terrified,
“He’s going to eat me up!” she cried.
And she was absolutely right.
He ate her up in one big bite.
But Grandmamma was small and tough,
And Wolfie wailed, “That’s not enough!
I haven’t yet begun to feel
That I have had a decent meal!”
He ran around the kitchen yelping,
“I’ve got to have a second helping!”
Then added with a frightful leer,
“I’m therefore going to wait right here
Till Little Miss Red Riding Hood
Comes home from walking in the wood.”
He quickly put on Grandma’s clothes,
(Of course he hadn’t eaten those).
He dressed himself in coat and hat.
He put on shoes, and after that
He even brushed and curled his hair,
Then sat himself in Grandma’s chair.
In came the little girl in red.
She stopped. She stared. And then she said,

“What great big ears you have, Grandma.”
“All the better to hear you with,” the Wolf replied.
“What great big eyes you have, Grandma.”
said Little Red Riding Hood.
“All the better to see you with,” the Wolf replied.

He sat there watching her and smiled.
He thought, I’m going to eat this child.
Compared with her old Grandmamma
She’s going to taste like caviar.

Then Little Red Riding Hood said, “But Grandma,
what a lovely great big furry coat you have on.”

“That’s wrong!” cried Wolf. “Have you forgot
To tell me what BIG TEETH I’ve got?
Ah well, no matter what you say,
I’m going to eat you anyway.”
The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.
She whips a pistol from her knickers.
She aims it at the creature’s head
And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead.
A few weeks later, in the wood,
I came across Miss Riding Hood.
But what a change! No cloak of red,
No silly hood upon her head.
She said, “Hello, and do please note
My lovely furry wolfskin coat.”

— Roald Dahl : : Revolting Rhymes : : : :

“Revolting Rhymes”, A Revolting , Horrific and Funny Modern Day Fairy Tale, By Roald Dahl, is a Retelling of the 17 Th Century Fairy Tale , as adapted with a different plot , opposite ending, and a newly reformed protagonist character of a little girl – child , Red As Champion to bring fairy happiness in the end, by eliminating an antagonist Villainous Character by way of indulging herself , becoming a violent fighter in self defence. Alongside these transformed elements of Fairy Tale, many resemblances remain intact inasmuch as written by Perrault’s “original” Red Riding Hood with a meek little girl , as a principal character. : : : :

PART 1 : :
Wolf feels he is in the mood for a decent meal and knocks on Grandma’s door. Terrified, Grandma knows she will be eaten. Wolf is not satisfied with the Grandma, since she was small and tough, so he decides to wait for Little Red Riding Hood to return from her walk in the woods. The wolf dresses in grandma’s clothes, puts on shoes , brushes and curls his hair, and waits in ( now dead ) Grandma’s chair.
PART 2 : :
When the little girl comes in, she comments on Wolf’s great big ears and great big eyes; the wolf responds by saying , ” All the better to see you with.”: : The wolf is quite happy that he is about to eat the child, but the little girl compliments the wolf’s fur coat. The wolf gets angry at her for saying the wrong line, but states that he will eat her anyway . Red Riding Hood smiles at this and suddenly pulls out a pistol very quickly, hidden in her knickers, and shoots the wolf with firing three bullets. : : : : : : : : : : PART 3 : : A few weeks later, the narrator comes across Little Red Riding Hood in the woods , and finds unexpectedly that she looks much different as she is not wearing her red cloak , that is, her usual red loose outer garment. Instead, she wears a lovely, furry, wolf-skin coat which she shows him.

Thus , in the above lyrical Fairy Tale Poem , We find the Villainous Character Of Wolf ; as being shifty and untrustworthy. He pursues deceitful and evasive ways to enjoy a decent meal , first by knocking at Grandma’s door and by saying in worldly pleasing manner , “May I Come in?” and made his smiling face pulling back the lips over ( “the horrid grin ” : terrifyingly bad offensive appearance ), when door is opened up by her. And thereafter , he eats her up in one bite with his sharp white teeth. Moreover , he also tricks little Red Riding hood with a devious plan to eat her too. : : : : So , Dear Listening Children , you should always be careful in finding out such bad furry creature , with sharp white teeth and great big eyes and ears , standing with a flimsy smiling face made up to deceive you. Believe me , they would turn out later as to be untrusty and dangerous. And , importantly , the children should learn how to become courageous in facing and outsmarting such evasive , devious , and bad , dangerous creature just like what in the poem, little Miss Red Riding hood , does by shooting the bad wolf with her pistol. : : Be a plucky ( with courage and determination in difficulties and dangers ), resourceful , and brave girl / boy , who pulls a weapon even like a pistol when required in self- defence: : ( She “Whips a pistol from her knickers!”) : : No hunter is going to rescue each and everyone at all times. Little children should become robust, gutsy , brave, and spirited. Nothing should inhibit a brave child in facing any danger. : : The story is a warning to elderly women against talking to the wrong kind of men. As Women like our elderly innocent Grandma who meekly opens the entrance door to a bad stranger , We have to protect her against a risky Conversations with a bad Strangers. Appearance could be deceiving .”Don’t trust faker and bogus , innocent looking , fraudulent disguised bad strangers” : This is the Central Idea of this Modern day Fairy Tale : : : :

A silly – looking “Red hood” of a little girl , is replaced by herself for a coat made of the Skin of a villainous wolf killed by her. This serves element of comedy as well as for shock value and also inculcates a new modern day value system of independence and hard – headed heartlessness in to our younger generations in dealing with bad strangers, whenever required. Dahl’s children’s poem reflects the emerging modern standards of society, and women’s lib. The 20 Th / 21 St Century Child is to be perceived as an entity distinct from the adult, and be recognised for imparting for modern day needs relevant to our changing time , especially by revised education system and learnings from the new institutions and the Newly designed books, written specifically for them. : : : :

“Little Red Riding hood” , By Roald Dahl , A Children’s Poem Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India November 28 , 2022 : : : : : : : :

Please Mrs Butler : Allan Ahlberg : : Children’s Poems : :

**Allan Ahlberg Born: 5 June 1938 (age 84); Croydon, England**
**Education: Sunderland Technical College**
**Spouse: Janet Ahlberg (m. 1969; died 1994); Vanessa Clarke**
Years active: 1976–present. Allan Ahlberg, a former teacher, postman, plumber’s mate, and gravedigger is an English children’s author. His books are known for their gentle humor and are enjoyed by both children and adults. He has written more than 140 children’s books. His wife, Janet Ahlberg ( died in 1994 ) , illustrated many of the books. Allan Ahlberg is known for Woof! (1989), Jackanory (1965) and Happy Families (1989).

Please Mrs Butler
By Allan Ahlberg

Please Mrs Butler
This boy Derek Drew
Keeps copying my work, Miss.
What shall I do?

Go and sit in the hall, dear.
Go and sit in the sink.
Take your books on the roof, my lamb.
Do whatever you think.

Please Mrs Butler
This boy Derek Drew
Keeps taking my rubber, Miss.
What shall I do?

Keep it in your hand, dear.
Hide it up your vest.
Swallow it if you like, my love.
Do what you think is best.

Please Mrs Butler
This boy Derek Drew
Keeps calling me rude names, miss.
What shall I do?

Lock yourself in the cupboard, dear.
Run away to sea.
Do whatever you can, my flower.
But don’t ask me.

From Collected Poems. : : From clpe.org.uk For Educational purposes only.

“Please Mrs. Butler “, By Allan Ahlberg as HERE In ABOVE, is about a conversation in the School Classroom between a Teacher , Mrs. Butler & Her Three Students. Each one of all the three Students complains about a naughty boy Derek Drew who keeps copying the work book in one case , keeps taking rubber in another case , and keeps calling rude names in a third student’s case. The Names of the three victim students are not mentioned in the poem. However , Mrs. Butler does reply to their questions / complaints, requiring her to advise them what they should do. The complaints are clear in which they all have explained in what way , a notorious Derek Drew has been harrassing them , And the expectations are specific redressal of their daily occuring problems. Although the victim students can’t take any direct actions on their own, Mrs. Butler replies with her evasive statements like, “Go and sit in the hall , on the roof , err , in the sink, with the books”to evade notorious Derek harrassing his classmate by continuously copying the workbook maintained by one victim student. In the second case , the vague statement is made by Mrs. Butler by saying , ” keep the rubber in the hands, hide up to a vest, err swallow it “, meaning ” do what you think is best” to prevent notorious Derek harrassing , always by taking the rubber. And in the third case , the ambiguous statement is made by Mrs. Butler by saying , ” Lock youself in the cupboard, run away to sea “, meaning do “whatever you can ( ! ) , but don’t ask me ( !! ) “If a victim student wishes to remain unused or unspent in getting away from hearing rude name-calling by a prankster Derek with his rude tongue. Mrs. Butler calls upon the victim students describing with My dear / My love / My flower, And lamb , but didn’t treat them empathetically. She neither took infamous Derek Drew to task using her Authority as a Teacher to censure severely or angrily for his notorious and ludicrous uncivilized bad manners. It appears in the poem that Mrs. Butler is avoiding her duty of an ideal teacher or escaping from the difficulty of facing ill- natured crossfire. So much so that she wouldn’t try to practice reprimanding or counselling seriously required for notorious Derek Drew harrassing his classmates , here and there. If she can’t handle such students matter herself , she would have to refer it or to higher authority like with her Supervisor or Principal of the school , but she wouldn’t. She doesn’t question Derek Drew ,And always says to the victim students, ” Do whatever , But don’t ask me” : : She would not try to settle the everyday matters happening among the students , but would set aside considering it as squabbles of the quarrelling students over some petty points giving a twisted turn up to the funny sides that seem apparently bad at the time. Some Readers may argue with sympathy for the Stressed Teachers. For instance , If each one of the 30 Students in one class asks the teacher atleast one Question everyday , then 30 × 26 = 780 Qs. / Per month , & 780 × 10 = 7800 Qs./ Year have to be addressed by One Teacher which is extremely stressful. Hence , the flying Replies with thoughtful hilarious Turn by the Teacher , Mrs . Butler is justified. The rest , let us hope, will be taken care of by the educational learnings , Socialisation and En – culturation of the children to the norms and behaviour patterns of the surrounding culture , and expected development of their personality. So , in the meantime, let us enjoy the funny sides of everyday matters of the school going children , and associated aspects of Serious Studies in Sciences , and languages with Overall Good Value System learnt in our socio – cultural milieu. : : : :

“Please, Mrs. Butler”By Allan Ahlberg : A Children’s Poem Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India November 27 , 2022 : : : : : : : :

FEW BEST QUOTES From The Two Books By Allan Ahlberg : : The First 10 Quotes From The Book , ” The Jolly Postman” : : The Rest 10 Quotes From 11 To 17 Are From The Book , ” Please Mrs Butler” : : : :

“Once upon a bicycle, So they say, A Jolly Postman came one day From over the hills And far away…” : 1

“Once more on his bicycle The Postman rode To a beautiful palace, so we’ve been told, Where nightingales sang And a sign said ‘SOLD’, With a letter for…Cinderella. (There’s a surprise!)” : 2

“Off went the Postman, Toodle-oo! In his uniform of postal blue To a gingerbread cottage- And garage too! With a letter for the Wicked Witch.” : 3

“Later on, the Postman, Feeling hot, Came upon a ‘grandma’ in a shady spot; But ‘Grandma’- What big teeth you’ve got!”: 4

“Now the Jolly Postman, Nearly done (so is the story), Came to a house where a party had begun. On the step Was a Bear with a bun.” : 5

“So Goldilocks put the pound note In the pocket of her frock, And the Postman joined the party And they all played ‘Postman’s Knock’. “ : 6

“Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake baker’s man, Bake me a cake as fast as you can, Carry it in on a beautiful plate And light up the candles- TODAY I AM EIGHT!” : 7

“So ‘Grandma’ read the letter And poured the tea, Which the not-so-Jolly Postman Drank…nervously.” : 8

“So Cinders read her little book, The Postman drank champagne Then wobbled off On his round again (and again and again – Oops!)” : 9

“Soon the Jolly Postman, We hear tell, Stopped at a door with a giant bell And a giant Bottle of milk as well” : 10

“In the last week of the holidays. I was feeling glum. I could hardly wait for school to start; neither could mum.

Now we’ve been back a week, I could do with a breather. I can hardly wait for the holidays; Teacher can’t either.” : 11

“There is a fish tank in our class which no fish in it. A guinea-pig cage with no guinea-pig in it;

A formicarium with no ants in it; and according to Miss Hodge some of our head are empty too.” : 12

“I’ve writ on the wrong page, Miss. My pencil went all blunt. My book was upside-down, Miss.

My book was back to front. My margin’s gone all crooked, Miss.

I’ve smudged mine with my scarf. I’ve rubbed a hole in the paper, Miss. My ruler’s broke in half.” : 13

“My work’s blew out the window, Miss. My work’s fell in the bin.

The leg’s dropped off my chair, Miss. The ceiling’s coming in.

I’ve ate a poison apple, Miss. I’ve held a poison pen! I think I’m being kidnapped, Miss! So . . . can we start again?” : 14

“There is a girl with no front teeth. And a boy with hardly any hair Having had it cut.

There are sums without answers, painting unfinished, And projects with no hope of ever coming to an end.” : 15

“The only thing that’s brim-full in our class is the waste-paper basket. Here is the rule for what to do whenever your teacher has the flu, or for some other reasons takes to her bed and a different teacher comes instead.” : 16

“When you want to change places or wander about, or feel like getting the guinea-pig out, Never forget, the message is this: ‘Our teacher always lets us, Miss!‘” : 17