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What is the central idea of the poem childhood?

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The poem, “Childhood” focuses on the theme of the loss of innocence. Markus Natten, the poet wonders when and where he lost his childhood. He ponders over this question and highlights the loss of innocence and faith in the quest of growing up. Adolescence or childhood is a puzzling time when a child is unable to settle with the physical, psychological and other changes in his personality. He becomes a ‘young adult’; he neither wants to call himself a child nor is he completely an adult. He finally finds his answers that he lost his childhood to some forgotten place and that his childhood has become a memory.

Refrain: The repetition of the lines; usually at the end or the beginning of the poem is called the ‘refrain.’ Refrains carries the central message of the poem. Here, the lines “When did my childhood go?” and “was that day” are examples of refrain. The first refrain is the central theme of the poem as to when have the poet lost his childhood while the second refrain ends with an exclamation which brings out the poet’s realisation.

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There is a very thin line between our childhood and adulthood and we don't know when do we cross it.
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The poem ' Childhood ' is written by Markus Natten . In this poem , the poet focussed on the loss of innocence , simplicity and faith on the hypothetical things in the quest of growing up. He wondered when he grew up and became mature . He pondered over the question and finally he thought that his childhood went to some forgotten place and it became a memory for him.
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