Please explain Childhood chapter of English Hornbill class 11.
In this small and beautiful poem the poet recalls his childhood and wonders where it
has gone. He narrates various stages where he lost his childhood .The poet is in a fix as he is unable to understand about his childhood. He is trying to reason out its timings. He wondered whether it was at the age of eleven, when he started reaching logical conclusions based on his reasoning power. The second possibility is when he reached his adulthood where people do not act what they preach. The third possibility seemed to be when he could produce his own thoughts and practise independently. In the final stanza the poet is trying to locate the place where his childhood has disappeared. He realizes that the adolescence follows childhood in the same way as childhood had replaced infancy. Thus he concludes that his childhood went to some forgotten place that was hidden in an infants face.
has gone. He narrates various stages where he lost his childhood .The poet is in a fix as he is unable to understand about his childhood. He is trying to reason out its timings. He wondered whether it was at the age of eleven, when he started reaching logical conclusions based on his reasoning power. The second possibility is when he reached his adulthood where people do not act what they preach. The third possibility seemed to be when he could produce his own thoughts and practise independently. In the final stanza the poet is trying to locate the place where his childhood has disappeared. He realizes that the adolescence follows childhood in the same way as childhood had replaced infancy. Thus he concludes that his childhood went to some forgotten place that was hidden in an infants face.