Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 CommerceENGLISHPoem 42 Marks
Question
Identify the stanza of the poem that talks about hypocrisy.
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Answer
The second stanza of the poem ‘Childhood’ by Marcus Natten talks about hypocrisy:
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?
The poet inquires if his childhood left him was it the day when he realised that the adults around him did not practice what they usually preached. They talked and preached about love but didn’t practice it themselves. The poet realises that the loss of faith and trust could have made him lose his childhood.
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