What is Collins trying to say with this poem?
He is trying to say that there comes and age when you have to give up childish things.
How does he capture childhood and the process of growing up?
Collins shows how the things that bring us happiness seem to disappear and not seem as special anymore. He also shows how children feel invinsible growing up and nothing could harm them.
What makes this poem effective?
The way he goes through each year of his life and all the different things this kid wanted to be or thought he could do makes you see how much different children and adults are from eachother. What also makes it effective is how the child thinks that when you turn 10 you have to forget all the childish things you enjoy and leave them behind.
how does this fit into your own life experience?
This fits into my own life and because there is a point in life were you start to leave behind the childish things and gaining more responsibilities and becoming more of and adult. You are leaving childhood and entering adulthood.
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