In 'Children's Song' how does the poet present the ways children see their own secret

world? (24 marks]

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Explanation:

The Children's song is a poem written by R S Thomas. The poet describes the disparity between the worlds of children and adults. He describes the children's world as that which is too small for the adults to fit in. He says no matter how closely the adult pays attention to unravel the relationship and secrets amongst children, they cannot understand, because it is a world far apart from theirs. He also describes the cunningness of children that cannot be matched by the attempt of man to figure it out.

Check the poem below:

We live in our own world,

A world that is too small

For you to stoop and enter

Even on hands and knees,

The adult subterfuge.

And though you probe and pry

With analytic eye,

And eavesdrop all our talk

With an amused look,

You cannot find the centre

Where we dance, where we play,

Where life is still asleep

Under the closed flower,

Under the smooth shell

Of eggs in the cupped nest

That mock the faded blue

Of your remoter heaven.