I have read the poem ' Children in the Darkness 'and will be analysing it today. The poem ' Children in the Darkness ' was written in a very negative tone and it summarises the bad effects of war, even on the young innocent children. In the first stanza, the repetitive use of ' There are children in the darkness ' emphasizes the bad influence of war on the young children. they have not seen light and most likely never will. ' Who someone will teach to fight ' shows that the children had to participate in war at such a young age.
In the second stanza, ' Chalk and blackboards will not be ' and ' And these children are not free ' further reinforces the point that war had caused the lost of freedom of these children, even to an extent where they cannot be educated like other children.
In the third stanza, the repetitive questions reflects on the plight of these poor innocent children, as they could not even have ' half a chance ' and did not know how to read and dance.
In the fourth stanza, the author faces reality, that the children most probably would not be given half a chance. Instead, ' a war would consume them ' , and ' their life and their soul ' would be poured ' down some endless thirsty hole '.
In the last stanza, the writer's use of ' back into the darkness ' allows the poem to go full circle, and it leaves the reader an impression that the children would remain in the darkness, ' from which there in no flight '.
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