CHILDHOOD
Class 11 PCMB English Poetry Summary
CHILDHOOD
~Summary~
-by Markus Natten
![FOR ANNE GREGORY](https://gyanchakra.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screenshot_1-133.png)
When did my childhood go?
Was it the day I ceased to be eleven,
Was it the time I realised that Hell and Heaven,
Could not be found in Geography,
And therefore could not be,
Was that the day!
![CHILDHOOD](https://gyanchakra.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screenshot_1-437.png)
When did my childhood go?
Was it the time I realised that adults were not all they seemed to be,
They talked of love and preached of love,
But did not act so lovingly,
Was that the day!
![CHILDHOOD](https://gyanchakra.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screenshot_2-345.png)
![CHILDHOOD](https://gyanchakra.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screenshot_3-310.png)
When did my childhood go?
Was it when I found my mind was really mine,
To use whichever way I choose,
Producing thoughts that were not those of other people,
But my own, and mine alone
Was that the day!
![CHILDHOOD](https://gyanchakra.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screenshot_4-284.png)
Where did my childhood go?
It went to some forgotten place,
That’s hidden in an infant’s face,
That’s all I know.
![CHILDHOOD](https://gyanchakra.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screenshot_5-242.png)
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