Simple poem(شعر ساده)

Analysis of "Children's Song"

The poem titled "Children's Song" by R.S. Thomas is about children versus adults. The poem is written from the children's viewpoint.

In the first four lines of the poem, the poet vividly describes the children's world, saying that it is a world too small for the adults to stoop and enter even on hands and knees. The following line states that the adult subterfuge. So far, the poet has placed the adults in a bad light. The word "stoop" can be used as a double meaning. The obvious meaning is defined by to bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back. However, in this poem, it can also be used that the adults debase themselves. This is inferred from the fact that the adults subterfuge.

 

this poem is amazing for representing Thomas' views of the world. Althought slightly off the usual theme on the country, the poem is a complicated metaphor representing the world we live in and the world Thomas perhaps wished we live in. The world of the adults represents what we have turned into, the children are innocent. They will not be the type of people who are consumed with greed, trickery and deception. Their lives are of better value. "smooth shell/...in the cupped nest", the children are well protected, perhaps from harm, perhaps from deception, perhaps from turning into us. A truly amazing poem with a powerful use of contrast.

 

Thomas was able to make use of the perspective of a child to show us the changes brought forth about the world. The poem speaks of the pure innocence and simplicity of the children's mind, not polluted by greed or power. Yet one can tell that the poet is not a child as it gives us an insight to the innermost feelings that most of us have. Children's song speaks of a peaceful world we long to belong to since young, yet we know that world peace can never be attained permanently. It symbolizes the hope that children have of the world and their aspirations to change the environment for the better. His tactful choice of words is exquisite, using words and phrases such as "dance", "play", "the world is still asleep" and "closed flower" to display the cosiness and love among the children. This poem may be simple but it brings about a tinge of warmth to our hearts as it arouses our memories of our thoughts as a child.